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Bowes Museum Newgate Barnard Castle DL12 8NP

DM/25/02395/TPOTree Preservation OrderAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Various works to T1 (Sycamore), T2 (Sycamore), T7 (Sycamore), T10 (Sliver Maple), T11(Lime), T12 (Sycamore), T13 (Elm), T14 (Elm), T15 (Lawson Cypress), T16 (Sycamore)

Received
29 August 2025
Decision due
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Barnard Castle
Agent
Premier Tree Services
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Sep
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 23 September.

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About this application

This is a tree application at Bowes Museum Newgate Barnard Castle DL12 8NP. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 29 August 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Barnard Castle conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Barnard Castle. We hold 862 applications in total for the DL12 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
DL12 8NP
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barnard Castle

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2025
Consultation expiry
8 October 2025
Consultation start
2 September 2025
Consultation end
23 September 2025
Last date for comments
8 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Premier Tree Services
Agent address
Unit 8a, Sea View Industrial Estate Sea View Industrial Estate Horden SR8 4TQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 September 2025
Site notice end
8 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14285307
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Barnard Castle
  • Listed building: Grade II: Basin to South of Bowes MuseumOn this site · +12 more
  • Registered park and garden: Bowes MuseumPart of the 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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

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