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Dalegarth 8 Uppertown Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3ET

DM/26/00140/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 28 January 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Cherry Blossom - Crown reduction to prevent branches encroaching and damaging telephone wires directly above. All branches brought in by 2 metres to keep them below the line of telephone wires. Ideally seeking perpetual permission to maintain the branches at least 1 metre below wires to prevent damage in the future. (same as approved application DM/21/00688/TCA) - Section 211 notice.

Received
19 January 2026
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Weardale
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 9 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Dalegarth 8 Uppertown Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3ET. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 9 days, 7 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,944 applications in total for the DL13 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
DL13 3ET
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Consultation expiry
13 February 2026
Consultation start
23 January 2026
Consultation end
13 February 2026
Target decision date
2 March 2026
Permission expires
28 January 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14634393
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Wolsingham

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

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    19 Jan

    T1 - Cherry Blossom - Crown reduction to prevent branches encroaching and damaging telephone wires directly…

    This applicationApprovedTreesDM/26/00140/TCA
  2. 2021
    1 Mar

    Crown reduction up to 3 metres and reshape by up to 2 metres to T1. Cherry Blossom

    ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaPart ofDM/21/00688/TCA

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