Sentosa Main Road Gainford Darlington DL2 3BQ
Proposal
Sentosa Main Road Gainford Tree Preservation Order 2025
- Received
- 15 July 2025
- Decision due
- 9 September 2025
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Lower Teesdale
- ReceivedReceived15 Jul
- ValidatedValidated15 Jul
- Consult.Consultation17 Oct
- TargetTarget Date9 Sep
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a tree application at Sentosa Main Road Gainford Darlington DL2 3BQ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 July 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Gainford conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Lower Teesdale. We hold 888 applications in total for the DL2 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
- DL2 3BQ
- Application type
- Delegated Report for TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Gainford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 19 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 October 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 0
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Gainford
- 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.
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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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202516 Sep
Lime tree, dead wood removal and crown lift to 2 metres. Sycamore tree, dead wood removal requirements are…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/25/02573/TPO - 202516 Jun
Lime - 1/3 reduction required, deadwood removal necessary, crown lift to 4/5 metres, epic growth to be…
RefusedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/25/01614/TCA
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- Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ6/2001/0230/DM · FullRefused0.0 mi
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