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Pound House Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QJ

DM/25/02954/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 27 November 2025

Council decision: Raise ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Removal of two dead Ash trees Removal of one Ash tree with estimated 50% die back, fungal infection and decayed branch above a public bench 30% Crown reduction of a Beach

Received
20 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Upper Teesdale
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target2 Dec
  5. Decided27 Nov

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Pound House Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QJ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Cotherstone conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Upper Teesdale. We hold 860 applications in total for the DL12 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
DL12 9QJ
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cotherstone

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 October 2025
Consultation expiry
12 November 2025
Consultation start
22 October 2025
Consultation end
12 November 2025
Target decision date
2 December 2025
Permission expires
27 November 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14424439
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: Cotherstone
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Balder BridgeOn or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

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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