Elvet Meadow Villa Darlington Road Durham DH1 3FS
Refused on 15 April 2026
Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
T1. Lime - Prune, Crown thin, Crown reduce and Crown lift by 50 percent
- Received
- 2 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Neville's Cross
- ReceivedReceived2 Feb
- ValidatedValidated19 Feb
- Consult.Consultation24 Mar
- TargetTarget Date16 Apr
- DecidedDecided15 Apr
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Elvet Meadow Villa Darlington Road Durham DH1 3FS. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Neville's Cross. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the DH1 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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Why it was refused
- In the opinion of the LPA, the Lime Tree is in good health and makes a positive contribution to visual amenity. The proposed works would be harmful to health of the tree and be detrimental to visual amenity as a consequence. No evidence has been submitted to justify these works and as such, the application is considered to conflict with the aims of Policy 40 of the CDP, Part 15 of the NPPF, The Council's Trees, Woodlands and Hedgerows SPD and The Council's Tree Management Policy.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- DH1 3FS
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- City Of Durham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 24 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 24 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 24 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 April 2026
- Decision issued
- 16 April 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14669269
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: County Durham
- 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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