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THE NATIONAL TRUST Adjacent Garden House Hillhead Lane Byermoor Whickham NE16 6BG

DC/25/00079/TREEWorks to Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 25 February 2025

Council decision: Advice GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

To reduce the canopy of a Beech tree located close to the walkway near the entrance at Gibside Rowlands Gill

Received
6 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whickham South And Sunniside
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 19 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at THE NATIONAL TRUST Adjacent Garden House Hillhead Lane Byermoor Whickham NE16 6BG. Gateshead has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 6 weeks 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 37 applications across Whickham South And Sunniside. We hold 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 postcode area.

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

Postcode
NE16 6BG
Application type
Works to Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2025
Target decision date
20 March 2025
Permission expires
25 February 2030

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Chris Redfern
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
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: Gibside CA
  • Green belt: Gateshead
  • Registered park and garden: Gibside
  • Ancient woodland: Snipes Dene
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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.

Source: Gateshead

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