Sentosa Main Road Gainford Darlington DL2 3BQ
Approved on 15 October 2025
TPO/S211 (No objection)
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Proposal
Lime tree, dead wood removal and crown lift to 2 metres. Sycamore tree, dead wood removal requirements are minimal.
- Received
- 16 September 2025
- Decision level
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Lower Teesdale
- ReceivedReceived16 Sep
- ValidatedValidated17 Sep
- Consult.Consultation9 Oct
- TargetTarget Date12 Nov
- DecidedDecided15 Oct
Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Sentosa Main Road Gainford Darlington DL2 3BQ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Gainford conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Lower Teesdale. We hold 888 applications in total for the DL2 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
- DL2 3BQ
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Gainford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 9 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 18 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 9 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 9 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 12 November 2025
- Decision issued
- 16 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 16 October 2027
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14334869
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Gainford
- 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 (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, 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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