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Land Opposite 1 Waterford Crescent Whitley Bay Tyne And Wear

25/01402/TPOtree preservation order tree worksRefused

Refused on 18 December 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

To reduce the T7 - Ash tree by up to 4m of the spread. Albany Gardens and Clarence Crescent Whitley Bay TPO 1978 (Amended description 18.12.25, as the tree was initially incorrectly identified as a sycamore).

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated5 Nov
  3. Consult.28 Nov
  4. Target24 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land Opposite 1 Waterford Crescent Whitley Bay Tyne And Wear. North Tyneside has handled 315 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than North Tyneside's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South.

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

Application type
tree preservation order tree works
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whitley Bay

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 November 2025
Consultation expiry
28 November 2025
Consultation start
7 November 2025
Consultation end
28 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
7 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
28 November 2025
Last date for comments
28 November 2025
Target decision date
24 December 2025
Decision issued
31 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Terry Simpson 44 East Law Consett DH8 0QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14439269
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Tree Preservation Order: 78/00001/TPOProtected 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.

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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