Thorntree House Beamishburn Road Beamish Stanley DH9 0RN

DM/25/02424/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaAwaiting decision

Proposal

Fell or trim the trees (birch, holly, hawthorn and conifers) in a 10 metre strip along the north edge of the wood. Fell three trees (Sycamore, Eucalyptus and Ash. Fell six ash trees from the south-west part of the wood. - Section 211 notice.

Received: 1 September 2025
Decision due: 13 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Stanley

ReceivedReceived1 Sep
ValidatedValidated1 Sep
Consult.Consultation24 Sep
TargetTarget Date13 Oct
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a tree application at Thorntree House Beamishburn Road Beamish Stanley DH9 0RN. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Beamish Burn conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Stanley. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the DH9 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: DH9 0RN
Application type: Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Stanley

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 September 2025
Consultation expiry: 24 September 2025
Consultation start: 3 September 2025
Consultation end: 24 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Beamish Burn
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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