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Holywell House Holywell Farm Brancepeth Durham DH7 8EH

TPO/424/2025Delegated Report for TPOAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Holywell House Tree Preservation Order 2025

Received
16 December 2025
Decision due
10 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Willington And Hunwick
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at Holywell House Holywell Farm Brancepeth Durham DH7 8EH. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 16 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Holywell conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Willington And Hunwick. We hold 1,248 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 8EH
Application type
Delegated Report for TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brancepeth

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2025
Consultation expiry
13 January 2026
Consultation start
16 December 2025
Consultation end
13 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Holywell
  • Listed building: Grade II: Holywell HouseOn this site
  • 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, 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.

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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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