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26 North Road Seaham SR7 7AB

DM/26/01084/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 8 May 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Felling and Removal of 2no Conifers

Received
28 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Seaham
Agent
Olivers Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.21 May
  4. Target11 Jun
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 8 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 26 North Road Seaham SR7 7AB. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 10 days, 7 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Seaham. We hold 619 applications in total for the SR7 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
SR7 7AB
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaham

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2026
Consultation expiry
21 May 2026
Consultation start
30 April 2026
Consultation end
21 May 2026
Target decision date
11 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Olivers Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
Olivers Tree Services Unit 3 Langley Park Industrial Estate Witton Gilbert DH7 6TX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14894629
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Seaham
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Seaham
  • 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, 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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© 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.

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