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18 Fenhall Park Lanchester Durham DH7 0JT

DM/26/01978/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 21 August 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

5 Leylandii - reduce height by 3-4 metres. prune side branches in by 1-2 metres to reduce lateral weight. - Section 211 notice

Received
29 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lanchester And Burnhope
Agent
Jewitt Arboriculture Ltd
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target9 Sep
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 Fenhall Park Lanchester Durham DH7 0JT. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Lanchester conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Lanchester And Burnhope. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the DH7 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
DH7 0JT
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lanchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2026
Consultation expiry
24 August 2026
Consultation start
3 August 2026
Consultation end
24 August 2026
Target decision date
9 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Jewitt Arboriculture Ltd
Agent address
29 Burnhopeside Avenue Lanchester Durham DH7 0ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15120646
Documents
4

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: Lanchester
  • 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 (21)

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, 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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