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St Aidans Church Laburnum Avenue Blackhill Consett DH8 5ST

DM/25/03428/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 22 January 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T 0686 (Ash) - Dead tree adjacent to highway - Fell. T0688 (Wych Elm) - Fell. T 0689 (Sycamore) - Reduce North side of crown to allow scaffolding erection, prune only epicormic growth and secondary branches less than 50mm in diamater to achieve required clearance. T 0690 (Ash) - Fell. T 0691 (Sycamore) - Reduce North side of crown to allow scaffolding erection, prune only epicormic growth and secondary branches less than 50mm in diamater to achieve required clearance. T 0692 (Ash) & T 0693 (Ash) - Fell. T 0694 - Prune crown branches from neighbouring property by 2m maintaining natural balanced form. Small diameter self-sown trees located around the footprint of the building to be removed and stumps treated to prevent re-growth. Sever Ivy and remove deadwood and epicormic growth as required - Section 211 notice.

Received
9 December 2025
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Benfieldside
Agent
Andrew Burden Associates
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Jan
  4. Target21 Jan
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Aidans Church Laburnum Avenue Blackhill Consett DH8 5ST. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Blackhill conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Benfieldside. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 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
DH8 5ST
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2025
Consultation expiry
2 January 2026
Consultation start
12 December 2025
Consultation end
2 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
12 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
2 January 2026
Last date for comments
2 January 2026
Target decision date
21 January 2026
Permission expires
22 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Andrew Burden Associates
Agent address
18A North Street East Rainton Houghton-le-Spring DH5 9QF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 December 2025
Site notice end
2 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14552693
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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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