Whitehill Hall Chester-le-Street DH2 2NF
Approved on 15 July 2025
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Proposal
T1. Lime - Prune back overhanging branches in line with boundary fence
- Received
- 23 May 2025
- Decision level
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Chester-le-Street South
- Agent
- Olivers Tree Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived23 May
- ValidatedValidated26 May
- Consult.Consultation20 Jun
- TargetTarget Date21 Jul
- DecidedDecided15 Jul
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Whitehill Hall Chester-le-Street DH2 2NF. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Chester-le-Street South. We hold 1,689 applications in total for the DH2 postcode area.
90% of trees applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- DH2 2NF
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 20 June 2025
- Consultation start
- 30 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 20 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 20 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 21 July 2025
- Permission expires
- 15 July 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Olivers Tree Services Ltd
- Agent address
- Olivers Tree Services Unit 3 Langley Park Industrial Estate Witton Gilbert DH7 6TX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 30 May 2025
- Site notice end
- 20 June 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14044675
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20225 Jan
1. Ash- prune back the overhanging branches growing towards the property by 4m 2. Yew, Rhododendron and…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/22/00009/TPO - 202128 Sep
Ash - prune back the overhanging branches growing towards the property by 4m. Yew, Rhododendron and Purple…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/21/03382/TPO - 202030 Oct
Felling of leaning tree. (CLS-20)
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/20/03210/TPO - 201723 May
Works to 5 No. trees protected by a TPO
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/17/01722/TPO
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