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12 St Bedes Court Lanchester Durham DH7 0RX

DM/26/00197/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 19 March 2026

TPO/S211 (No objection)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Large oak tree central to rear garden (T5). Previous application expired (DM/25/01996/TPO), this application to renew based on previous allowed works including: Pruning, shortening or removal of secondary branches under 50/75mm diameter, not main structural branches over this size. Remove visible deadwood as required, pruning back to sound wood or appropriate branch junction/s.

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Lanchester And Burnhope
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 12 St Bedes Court Lanchester Durham DH7 0RX. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Lanchester And Burnhope. We hold 1,248 applications in total for the DH7 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
DH7 0RX
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lanchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2026
Consultation expiry
23 February 2026
Consultation start
2 February 2026
Consultation end
23 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
2 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
23 February 2026
Last date for comments
23 February 2026
Target decision date
24 March 2026
Decision issued
20 March 2026
Permission expires
20 March 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14652218
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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