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Low Lathbury Moor Road Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9PL

DM/26/00521/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 March 2026

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

Proposal

T4 leylandii - retrospective application to fell too a stump

Received
3 March 2026
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Upper Teesdale
Agent
Ashbrooke Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Low Lathbury Moor Road Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9PL. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 6 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Cotherstone conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Upper Teesdale. We hold 860 applications in total for the DL12 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
DL12 9PL
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cotherstone

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2026
Consultation expiry
26 March 2026
Consultation start
5 March 2026
Consultation end
26 March 2026
Target decision date
15 April 2026
Permission expires
18 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ashbrooke Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
2 Bellevue Park Ashbrooke Sunderland SR2 7SA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14748108
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Cotherstone
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, Heritage at Risk entries, 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

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.

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