The Old Vicarage South Hetton Durham DH6 2SW
Approved on 17 December 2025
TPO/S211 (No objection)
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Proposal
Works to protected trees as outlined in the 'Amended Tree Survey' dated 16th December 2025 (amended description)
- Received
- 31 October 2025
- Decision level
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Murton
- Agent
- Andrew Burden Associates
- ReceivedReceived31 Oct
- ValidatedValidated3 Nov
- Consult.Consultation27 Nov
- TargetTarget Date29 Dec
- DecidedDecided17 Dec
Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Old Vicarage South Hetton Durham DH6 2SW. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Murton. We hold 1,180 applications in total for the DH6 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
- DH6 2SW
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- South Hetton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 6 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 27 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 27 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 December 2025
- Decision issued
- 18 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 18 December 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Andrew Burden Associates
- Agent address
- 18A North Street East Rainton Houghton-le-Spring DH5 9QF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14454182
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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