Thornbury Garth The Village Brancepeth Durham DH7 8EL
Withdrawn on 12 March 2026
Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
4. Sycamore x2 - prune back to the edge of boundary line (approximately 5m) - Section 211 notice
- Received
- 27 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Willington And Hunwick
- Agent
- Olivers Tree Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived27 Jan
- ValidatedValidated27 Jan
- Consult.Consultation23 Feb
- TargetTarget Date10 Mar
- DecidedDecided12 Mar
Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Thornbury Garth The Village Brancepeth Durham DH7 8EL. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 44 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Brancepeth conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Willington And Hunwick. We hold 1,244 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 8EL
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Brancepeth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 23 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 2 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 23 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 10 March 2026
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-14655324
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Brancepeth
- 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 (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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202621 Apr
7. Ash - fell as close to current ground level as practical, 8. Beech - remove the broken limb leaving the…
PendingTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/26/01017/TCA - 20265 Jan
1. Sycamore and Maple x2 - reduce down to previous pruning points (removing 4m) and prune back the overhang…
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/26/00013/TCA
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