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3 The Old School Billy Row Green Billy Row Crook DL15 9SZ

DM/26/00352/TPOTree Preservation OrderRefused

Refused on 2 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Re-pollarding of three Lime trees - TPO-CWUDC-3-1974

Received
12 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Crook
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 The Old School Billy Row Green Billy Row Crook DL15 9SZ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Crook. We hold 698 applications in total for the DL15 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

  1. The proposed tree works are not deemed to be required and would harm their long term health and retention thereby resulting in a detrimental impact upon the visual amenity and overall appearance of the area, contrary to the aims of the Tree Preservation Order and in conflict with Policy 40 of the County Durham Plan, Part 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework and the Council's Trees, Woodland and Hedges SPD.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
DL15 9SZ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Consultation expiry
12 March 2026
Consultation start
19 February 2026
Consultation end
12 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
12 March 2026
Last date for comments
12 March 2026
Target decision date
10 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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

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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.

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