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1 Vicarage Close Springwell Road Wrekenton Gateshead NE9 7AA

DC/25/00474/TPOTree Preservation Order ApplicationDecided

Decided on 29 October 2025

Council decision: Split decisionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Horse Chestnut T27 fell to ground level and Sycamore T28 Fell to ground level. The reason for the proposal is the trees are thought to be in a hazardous condition

Received
18 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
High Fell
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated12 Aug
  3. Consult.20 Sep
  4. Target7 Oct
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 78 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Vicarage Close Springwell Road Wrekenton Gateshead NE9 7AA. Gateshead has handled 398 applications of this type. 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 High Fell. 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 7AA
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 August 2025
Consultation expiry
20 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
20 September 2025
Target decision date
7 October 2025
Permission expires
29 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Chris Redfern
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 075Part of the site · +2 more
  • Green belt: GatesheadPart of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: Gateshead

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