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Westgate Camping Site Britton Hall Westgate Bishop Auckland DL13 1LN

DM/25/02560/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaAwaiting decision
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Proposal

1 Sycamore - Crown lift to 1m above the toilet block and remove the Ash sapling and the Sycamore re-gen to ground level 15 Ash - Fell as close to current ground level as practical 19 Ash - Long term it would be beneficial to crown reduce this tree or consider its removal in the future 23 Ash - Reduce the overhanging limb on the camping site by 4-5m H1 Leylandii hedge - Trim the top and both sides to tidy 2 Sycamore - Crown lift to 4m and remove the epicormic growth 4 Ash - Remove the regrowth to stump level 8 Beech - Crown lift to 4m 12 Beech - Crown lift to 4m 14 Beech - Monitor condition annually and crown lift to 4m 16 Beech - Crown lift to 4m 18 Beech - Monitor condition annually and crown lift to 4m 19 Beech - Crown lift to 4m 21 Beech - Crown lift to 4m 25 Sycamore - Prune to clear the building by 2m Section 211 notice

Received
15 September 2025
Decision due
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 7 October.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (4)

About this application

This is a tree application at Westgate Camping Site Britton Hall Westgate Bishop Auckland DL13 1LN. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Westgate conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,943 applications in total for the DL13 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
DL13 1LN
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanhope

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2025
Consultation expiry
7 October 2025
Consultation start
16 September 2025
Consultation end
7 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Olivers Tree Services Unit 3 Langley Park Industrial Estate Witton Gilbert DH7 6TX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14332007
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: WestgatePart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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.

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The site is in flood zone 3 (Environment Agency).

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