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St Margarets Court Durham

DM/25/01436/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 25 July 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionTPO/S211 (No objection)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

R072911011- Acer platanoides - Crown reduction, Reduce back to previous pruning points at around 3m R072912001- Ulmus spp. - Prune away from building to facilitate a 2m clearance R072912002 - Prunus avium - Prune away from building to facilitate a 2m clearance

Received
28 May 2025
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
Agent
Special Branch Tree Services LTD
  1. Received28 May
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.17 Jul
  4. Target7 Aug
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Margarets Court Durham. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe.

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

Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
City Of Durham

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2025
Consultation expiry
17 July 2025
Consultation start
26 June 2025
Consultation end
17 July 2025
Target decision date
7 August 2025
Permission expires
25 July 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Special Branch Tree Services LTD
Agent address
Hagg Housefarm Esh Winning DH7 9QB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14054066
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Durham City
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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