Durham Cathedral The College Durham DH1 3EH
Approved on 22 December 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionTPO/S211 (No objection)
Proposal
See attached arboricultural statement for the work required
- Received
- 19 November 2025
- Decision level
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
- Agent
- Olivers Tree Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived19 Nov
- ValidatedValidated19 Nov
- Consult.Consultation12 Dec
- TargetTarget Date31 Dec
- DecidedDecided22 Dec
Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Durham Cathedral The College Durham DH1 3EH. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the DH1 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
- DH1 3EH
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- City Of Durham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 12 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 21 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 12 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 31 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 22 December 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Olivers Tree Services Ltd
- Agent address
- Olivers Tree Services Unit 3 Langley Park Industrial Estate Witton Gilbert DH7 6TX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14500024
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Durham City
- Listed building: Grade II: Street Wall, Gates and Railings North of No. 13On or next to this site · +2 more
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20265 Oct
Replacement of 2 no. freestanding external information signs adjacent to the north entrance of Durham…
PendingAdvertisement consentDM/26/02150/AD - 202618 Mar
Lead roof covering renewal; stonework conservation and repair; lead hopper and downpipes; redecoration and…
PendingListed building consentDM/26/00694/LB - 202329 Nov
Felling and removal of 1no Cherry Tree (T1, TAG No 1342)
WithdrawnTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/23/03593/TCA - 202320 Sep
Installation of 1no. new aluminium sign mounted to existing garden wall of Durham Light Infantry Garden
ApprovedListed building consentDM/23/02823/LB
Source: Durham
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