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St Margarets Allotments Margery Lane Durham

DM/25/03246/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 22 December 2025

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

Proposal

970 - Mixed Broadleaves - Sever Ivy at the base of 3 X mature Ash trees 969 - Ash - Remove the crown, leaving the stem as a standing monolith at 4m

Received
18 November 2025
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
Agent
Olivers Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Margarets Allotments Margery Lane Durham. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Durham City conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe.

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

Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
City Of Durham

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025
Consultation expiry
15 December 2025
Consultation start
24 November 2025
Consultation end
15 December 2025
Target decision date
30 December 2025
Decision issued
23 December 2025
Permission expires
23 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Olivers Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
Unit 3 Langley Park Industrial Estate Witton Gilbert DH7 6TX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14498747
Documents
5

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.

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