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3 Etherley Lane Bishop Auckland DL14 7QR

DM/26/00337/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 24 February 2026

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

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Proposal

T1 Sycamore - 1metre crown reduction, back to previous pruning cuts- Section 211 notice

Received
11 February 2026
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Bishop Auckland
Agent
Batson Groundcare Ltd
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 13 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Etherley Lane Bishop Auckland DL14 7QR. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 6 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop Auckland conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Bishop Auckland. 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 7QR
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishop Auckland

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2026
Consultation expiry
10 March 2026
Consultation start
17 February 2026
Consultation end
10 March 2026
Target decision date
25 March 2026
Permission expires
24 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Batson Groundcare Ltd
Agent address
Batson Groundcare Ltd, Unit 1 Inker Unit 1 Inkerman Road Tow Law DL13 4QB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14697728
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bishop Auckland
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bishop Auckland
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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© 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.

Source: Durham

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