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15 Leafield Glade Birtley Gateshead DH3 2NP

DC/25/01161/TPOTree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 8 January 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Tree pruning works to 12 trees growing at 15 Leafield Glade full details contained in the submitted application form.

Received
22 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Birtley
Agent
Tree Beard Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Dec
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 71 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 15 Leafield Glade Birtley Gateshead DH3 2NP. Gateshead has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 2 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 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 2NP
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Birtley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2025
Consultation expiry
20 November 2025
Target decision date
24 December 2025
Permission expires
8 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Tree Beard Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
3 Hill Top Cottage Langley On Tyne Northumberland NE47 5LB

Planning decision

Case officer
Chris Redfern
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
20 November 2025

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
18
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 151Part of the site · +2 more
  • 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.

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.

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