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The Granary Ruskin Road Birtley DH3 1AD

DC/25/00937/TREEWorks to Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 August 2025

Council decision: Advice GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

To fell Ash tree growing hard up against The Granary as it is not sustainable in this location

Received
29 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Birtley
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Oct
  5. Decided29 Aug

Decided in 0 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Granary Ruskin Road Birtley DH3 1AD. Gateshead has handled 398 applications of this type. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Birtley. We hold 670 applications in total for the DH3 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
DH3 1AD
Application type
Works to Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Birtley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2025
Target decision date
10 October 2025
Permission expires
29 August 2030

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Chris Redfern
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Birtley CA
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

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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