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Land To The West Of National Probation Service Diamond Terrace Durham DH1 5SU

DM/25/02929/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 26 November 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionTPO/S211 (No objection)

Proposal

Remove 2 branches which are overhanging the building and doorway. Air Con Units - Cut bramble/Hawthorne on the outside of the boundary and pull through fence Fire Exit stairs - Cut back branches overhanging the building. Snapped branches which have been thrown over the fence to be removed.

Received
17 October 2025
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided26 Nov

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land To The West Of National Probation Service Diamond Terrace Durham DH1 5SU. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe. We hold 1,246 applications in total for the DH1 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
DH1 5SU
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
City Of Durham

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2025
Consultation expiry
11 November 2025
Consultation start
21 October 2025
Consultation end
11 November 2025
Target decision date
28 November 2025
Decision issued
27 November 2025
Permission expires
27 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Batson Groundcare Ltd, Unit 1 Inker Unit 1 Inkerman Road Tow Law DL13 4QB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14416956
Documents
9

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: Durham City
  • 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.

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.

Source: Durham

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