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Westmorland House Otterburn Gardens Low Fell Gateshead Tyne And Wear

DC/05/01809/TPOTree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 4 January 2006

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Pruning of 3 x Ash trees and 4 x Sycamore trees and crowning of 1 x Beech tree within TPO 38.

Received
10 November 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Low Fell
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.30 Jan
  4. Target4 Jan
  5. Decided4 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Westmorland House Otterburn Gardens Low Fell Gateshead Tyne And Wear. Gateshead has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Low Fell.

100% of trees applications at Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2005
Last date for comments
30 January 2006
Target decision date
4 January 2006
Permission expires
4 January 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
670 Durham Road Low Fell Gateshead Tyne And Wear

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Saltwell CA
  • Article 4 direction: Saltwell Conservation Area Article 4 Direction 2+1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 038Part of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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