Wolfee The Fold Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6AQ
Approved on 15 July 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionTPO/S211 (No objection)
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Proposal
1T - cherry - Crown lift for 1m clearance on powerlines. 5T - cherry - Reduce tip growth only on primary limb to south west by 2m to reduce load on union. 8T - lawson cypress - reduce height by 2m, 9T - Acer palmatum - crown lift to 2m, 11T - silver birch - Restructure crown to encourage central leaders and discourage outer canopy lateral spread. Lateral and secondary branch reductions of up to 4m; maintaining height and central leader. - Section 211 notice
- Received
- 16 June 2025
- Decision level
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Derwent And Pont Valley
- ReceivedReceived16 Jun
- ValidatedValidated16 Jun
- Consult.Consultation14 Jul
- TargetTarget Date28 Jul
- DecidedDecided15 Jul
Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Wolfee The Fold Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6AQ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Burnopfield conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Derwent And Pont Valley. We hold 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 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
- NE16 6AQ
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 14 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 23 June 2025
- Consultation end
- 14 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 28 July 2025
- Permission expires
- 15 July 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- The Tree Fella
- Agent address
- 16 Prince Of Wales Close South Shields NE34 6QT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14101849
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: BurnopfieldPart of the site
- 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20256 Oct
Lawsons Cypress (T8) - remove as outgrown with risk of branch failure onto properties. Sycamore (T10) - 30%…
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/25/02788/TCA - 202522 Apr
Infill canopy extension to front, single storey infill extension to the rear.
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/25/01087/FPA
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