1 Elm Court Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4PS

DC/25/01096/TPOTree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 24 February 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Tree works at 1 Elm Court Whickham

Received: 7 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Whickham South And Sunniside

ReceivedReceived7 Oct
ValidatedValidated7 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date2 Dec
DecidedDecided24 Feb

Decided in 140 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Elm Court Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4PS. Gateshead has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 11 weeks 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 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 4PS
Application type: Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 6 November 2025
Target decision date: 2 December 2025
Permission expires: 24 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Chris Redfern
Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice end: 6 November 2025

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 2
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Tree Preservation Order: TPO 005Protected tree on or next to this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© 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.

Source: Gateshead

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