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15 Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DP

DM/25/02891/TPOTree Preservation OrderRefused

Refused on 3 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lime - Reduce height by 3m and prune sides to shape (by up to 1.5m), Sycamore - Crown reduce and reshape by 3.5m - TPO-WVDC-2-2002

Received
14 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale
Agent
Olivers Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target10 Dec
  5. Decided3 Dec

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 15 Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DP. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,944 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 3DP
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2025
Consultation expiry
12 November 2025
Consultation start
22 October 2025
Consultation end
12 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
22 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
12 November 2025
Last date for comments
12 November 2025
Target decision date
10 December 2025
Decision issued
4 December 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14409174
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    1 Jul

    Felling of Scot's Pine (P4) - TPO-WVDC-2-2002

    RefusedTree Preservation OrderDM/24/01780/TPO
  2. 2023
    15 Nov

    Change of use of part of existing residential garage (C3) to mixed use (C3/E) for the operation of cycle…

    WithdrawnFull Planning ApplicationDM/23/03459/FPA
  3. 2023
    20 Sep

    Removal of protruding limb on Scots Pine (P4) - TPO-WVDC-2-2002

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/23/02832/TPO
  4. 2023
    3 Jul

    Shortening back of branches by up to 2m to an appropriate pruning point to Lime (L1) and Sycamore (S2), light…

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/23/01960/TPO
  5. 2022
    11 Apr

    Remove failed branches to T1. Dawn Redwood and Remove failed branches and reduce width to reinstate 2m…

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/22/01088/TPO
  6. 2020
    18 Sep

    Prune up to 2m and Reduce overhang up to 2m to 4No. Holly Trees

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/20/02695/TPO

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