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2 The Oval Benton Newcastle Upon Tyne NE12 9PP

24/01287/TREECAwork to trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 4 November 2024

Council decision: No TPO req Trees in conservation areaDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Each of the trees will be reduced to the size & shape that has been maintained over the last decades by the removal of the top growth of the last year to prevent potential damage to the house & the overhead telephone cables. NORTH BOUNDARY: 2 sycamores, 3 Swedish Whitebeams, 1 Wych Elm, 1 Holly & 1 Laurel; SOUTH BOUNDARY: 2 Lilacs & 1 Holly; WEST BOUNDARY: 1 Lilac & 1 Laburnum. The Japanese maple is too small yet to require any treatment

Received
2 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Hall
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.30 Oct
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 26 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 The Oval Benton Newcastle Upon Tyne NE12 9PP. North Tyneside has handled 315 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 2 weeks quicker than North Tyneside's typical decision time. The site is in the Benton conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Forest Hall. We hold 196 applications in total for the NE12 postcode area.

94% of trees applications at North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NE12 9PP
Application type
work to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North West

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 October 2024
Consultation expiry
30 October 2024
Consultation start
9 October 2024
Consultation end
30 October 2024
Last date for comments
30 October 2024
Target decision date
11 November 2024
Decision issued
5 November 2024
Permission expires
5 November 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
33 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Benton
  • 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

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.

Source: North Tyneside

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