Land To The North Of 1-12 St James Gardens Witton-le-wear DL14 0BG
Approved on 16 February 2026
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionTPO/S211 (No objection)
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Proposal
1 and 2 - Ash - fell as close to current ground level as practical, 3 - Sycamore group - crown lift to 4.5m over the lane - Section 211 notice
- Received
- 19 January 2026
- Decision level
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Crook
- ReceivedReceived19 Jan
- ValidatedValidated19 Jan
- Consult.Consultation13 Feb
- TargetTarget Date2 Mar
- DecidedDecided16 Feb
Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Land To The North Of 1-12 St James Gardens Witton-le-wear DL14 0BG. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Witton-le-Wear conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Crook. We hold 447 applications in total for the DL14 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
- DL14 0BG
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Witton-le-Wear
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
- Decision issued
- 17 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 17 February 2028
Applicant and agent
- 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-14634469
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Witton-le-WearPart of the site
- 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.
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Source: Durham
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