The Old Vicarage Hunstanworth Consett DH8 9UF
Approved on 19 March 2026
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionTPO/S211 (No objection)
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Proposal
Southern boundary of the property adjacent to the church grounds G1 - prune back several beech trees with large lateral limbs that are directly behind the church building. T1 mature sycamore on the western boundary wall of the woodland - heavily reduce the main left leader to reduce weight over the footpath and the neighbouring building. - Section 211 notice
- Received
- 23 February 2026
- Decision level
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale
- Agent
- Porteus Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived23 Feb
- ValidatedValidated23 Feb
- Consult.Consultation18 Mar
- TargetTarget Date6 Apr
- DecidedDecided19 Mar
Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Old Vicarage Hunstanworth Consett DH8 9UF. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Hunstanworth conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,313 applications in total for the DH8 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
- DH8 9UF
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hunstanworth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 25 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 18 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 April 2026
- Decision issued
- 20 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 20 March 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Porteus Tree Services
- Agent address
- Holly Cottage The Glen SLALEY NE47 0BN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14725991
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Hunstanworth
- Listed building: Grade II: Courtyard and Orchard Walls in Front of Stable BlockOn this site · +8 more
- National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines
- 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 (18)
flood storage areas, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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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Source: Durham
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