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Land To The East Of 33 Hermitage Gardens Chester-le-street DH2 3UD

DM/25/02449/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 11 November 2025

TPO/S211 (No objection)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Sycamore tree - prune overhanging branches Oak tree - prune back overhanging branches

Received
3 September 2025
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Chester-le-Street South
Agent
Destro Landscapes Ltd.
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land To The East Of 33 Hermitage Gardens Chester-le-street DH2 3UD. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Chester-le-Street South. We hold 1,688 applications in total for the DH2 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
DH2 3UD
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2025
Consultation expiry
22 October 2025
Consultation start
25 September 2025
Consultation end
16 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
25 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 October 2025
Last date for comments
22 October 2025
Target decision date
11 November 2025
Permission expires
11 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Destro Landscapes Ltd.
Agent address
The Cottage Nettlesworth West House Farm Sacriston Durham DH7 6AX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
1 October 2025
Site notice end
22 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14300837
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: County DurhamPart 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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