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Brook House Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QB

DM/25/01972/TPOTree Preservation OrderAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Large Weeping Willow Tree overhanging the B6277. Proposal is to reduce the overhang back to the original trunk of the tree

Received
18 July 2025
Decision due
15 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Upper Teesdale
  1. Received18 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.15 Aug
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at Brook House Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QB. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 July 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Cotherstone conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Upper Teesdale. We hold 860 applications in total for the DL12 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
DL12 9QB
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cotherstone

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2025
Consultation expiry
15 August 2025
Consultation start
25 July 2025
Consultation end
15 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
25 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
15 August 2025
Last date for comments
15 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14187611
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Cotherstone
  • Listed building: Grade II: Brook HouseOn or next to this site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    28 Oct

    Pine tree to be removed completely

    PendingApplicationDM/26/02880/TPO

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