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Barchester Healthcare Ltd South Chowdene Nursing Home Chowdene Bank Gateshead NE9 6JE

DC/25/00281/TREEWorks to Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 June 2025

Council decision: Advice GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Fell 4 no Ash trees due to Ash Die Back

Received
17 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chowdene
Agent
Batson Groundcare Ltd
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 May
  5. Decided23 Jun

Decided in 67 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Barchester Healthcare Ltd South Chowdene Nursing Home Chowdene Bank Gateshead NE9 6JE. Gateshead has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 4 days longer 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 15 applications across Chowdene. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the NE9 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
NE9 6JE
Application type
Works to Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2025
Target decision date
29 May 2025
Permission expires
23 June 2030

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Batson Groundcare Ltd
Agent address
Batson Groundcare Ltd, Unit 1 Inker Unit 1 Inkerman Road Tow Law DL13 4QB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Chris Redfern
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chowdene CA
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 103Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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© 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

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    30 Dec

    Tree works at South Chowdene Nursing home

    ApprovedConservation Area Tree Works LicenceTREE/19/084

Source: Gateshead

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