4 Bishops Court Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9DA
Approved on 16 July 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionTPO/S211 (No objection)
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Proposal
1) Mature sycamore - prune to boundary 2) Laylandii hedge - reduce height to previous cuts and trim sides
- Received
- 23 June 2025
- Decision level
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Sedgefield
- ReceivedReceived23 Jun
- ValidatedValidated23 Jun
- Consult.Consultation17 Jul
- TargetTarget Date4 Aug
- DecidedDecided16 Jul
Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 4 Bishops Court Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9DA. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop Middleham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Sedgefield. We hold 282 applications in total for the DL17 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
- DL17 9DA
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bishop Middleham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 26 June 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 4 August 2025
- Permission expires
- 16 July 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Dunelm Mainsforth Village Ferryhill Durham DL17 9AA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14116305
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bishop Middleham
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- 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 (20)
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, 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
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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