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Land To The North East Of 7 Whinney Hill Durham DH1 3BG

DM/26/00380/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 26 March 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Copper Beech - Install cobra bracing and light thin of outer canopy by 15% to allow air to flow through with ease (historical storm damage with visible stem fracture, previous reduction works carried out)

Received
17 February 2026
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
Agent
Premier Tree Services
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land To The North East Of 7 Whinney Hill Durham DH1 3BG. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Durham City conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe. We hold 1,246 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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Application details

Postcode
DH1 3BG
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
City Of Durham

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2026
Consultation expiry
13 March 2026
Consultation start
20 February 2026
Consultation end
13 March 2026
Target decision date
31 March 2026
Decision issued
27 March 2026
Permission expires
27 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Premier Tree Services
Agent address
Unit 8a, Sea View Industrial Estate Sea View Industrial Estate Horden SR8 4TQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14710905
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Durham City
  • Green belt: County DurhamPart of the site
  • Ancient woodland: Great High WoodNext to the site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage 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, 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.

Source: Durham

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