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Silver Birches Moor Road Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9PH

DM/25/03016/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 13 November 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 & T2 Silver Birch - Re-prune to previous points, 2 M from height. Crown thin by 15%

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Upper Teesdale
Agent
Joplings tree services Ltd
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.19 Nov
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 16 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Silver Birches Moor Road Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9PH. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 6 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Cotherstone conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 9PH
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cotherstone

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2025
Consultation expiry
19 November 2025
Consultation start
29 October 2025
Consultation end
19 November 2025
Target decision date
9 December 2025
Permission expires
13 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Joplings tree services Ltd
Agent address
1 West Cottages Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9NU

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14440157
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Cotherstone
  • 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.

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.

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