Bowes Museum Newgate Barnard Castle DL12 8NP
Approved on 17 November 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionTPO/S211 (No objection)
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Proposal
G2 - Beech - Group consists of 9 x beech. Asymmetrical crown spread west with long slender branches overhanging private allotment. Minor deadwood present.- Reduce western crowns overhanging allotment, pruning no branches larger than 50mm diameter.
- Received
- 21 October 2025
- Decision level
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Barnard Castle
- Agent
- Premier Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived21 Oct
- ValidatedValidated22 Oct
- Consult.Consultation13 Nov
- TargetTarget Date3 Dec
- DecidedDecided17 Nov
Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Bowes Museum Newgate Barnard Castle DL12 8NP. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Barnard Castle conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Barnard Castle. We hold 862 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 8NP
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Barnard Castle
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 13 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 23 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 13 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 3 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 17 November 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Premier Tree Services
- Agent address
- Unit 8a, Sea View Industrial Estate Sea View Industrial Estate Horden SR8 4TQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14426222
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Barnard Castle
- 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 (18)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20264 Feb
Discharge of condition 4 (HMMP) and statutory BNG condition (Biodiversity Gain Plan) pursuant to planning…
PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/26/00269/DRC - 202529 Aug
Various works to T1 (Sycamore), T2 (Sycamore), T7 (Sycamore), T10 (Sliver Maple), T11(Lime), T12 (Sycamore)…
PendingTree Preservation OrderDM/25/02395/TPO
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