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Brokenway House Hood Street St Johns Chapel Bishop Auckland DL13 1RR

DM/26/00961/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaAwaiting decision
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Proposal

T1-Fell- Ash Tree, T2-Fell- Beech Tree, T3-Remove overhanging lower limb-Willow Tree. Section 211 notice.

Received
15 April 2026
Decision due
27 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale
  1. Received15 Apr
  2. Validated15 Apr
  3. Consult.11 May
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at Brokenway House Hood Street St Johns Chapel Bishop Auckland DL13 1RR. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the St John's Chapel conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,944 applications in total for the DL13 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
DL13 1RR
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanhope

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 April 2026
Consultation expiry
11 May 2026
Consultation start
20 April 2026
Consultation end
11 May 2026

Applicant and agent

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-14859230
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
  • Conservation area: St John's Chapel
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines

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, 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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© 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.

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