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Beech Tree House Lisburn Terrace Alnwick Northumberland NE66 1XQ

19/04581/FELTPOApplication to Fell Protected TreeApproved

Approved on 22 January 2020

Council decision: Permit Tree WorksDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Tree Preservation Order: T4 - Common Lime - crown lift to 6m; T5 - Horse Chestnut - remove water shoots and lower lateral growth to return tree to its previous canopy profile; T14 - Sycamore - Crown lift to 6.5m to prevent damage to tree and building; T17 - Sycamore - fell to protect retaining wall; T19 - Ash - fell due to ash die back and replant one standard Rowan; T23 - Sycamore - fell to protect retaining wall and replant one standard Rowan; T27 - Sycamore - remove 2no. lateral branches to West which impinge on building facade, remove hanging dead wood and crown clean; T28 - Sycamore - crown lift to 6m to remove thin weak lower branches; T30 and T31 - Sycamore - fell to allow services to be brought into building and replant two standard Bird Cherry on woodland edge; G4 - Young Sycamore and Ash - fell 2no. small Sycamore 180mm girth and 230mm girth to allow services to be brought into building and replant with 2no. Standard Rowan; T37 - Sycamore - 5% crown retrenchment is required to reduce forces acting on retaining boundary wall. This can best be achieved by removing North lowest branch back to bole; Off-site Beech - Fagus sylvatica - crown lift pruning to canopy to provide 5m clearance over car park area and crown cleaning to reduce risk of impact from dead wood falling

Received
19 November 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Alnwick
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.23 Jan
  4. Target24 Jan
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Beech Tree House Lisburn Terrace Alnwick Northumberland NE66 1XQ. Northumberland (County) has handled 1,426 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,410 applications in total for the NE66 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Northumberland County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NE66 1XQ
Application type
Application to Fell Protected Tree
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Alnwick

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2019
Consultation expiry
23 January 2020
Consultation start
23 January 2020
Consultation end
23 January 2020
Neighbour consultation start
26 November 2019
Neighbour consultation end
17 December 2019
Last date for comments
17 December 2019
Target decision date
24 January 2020
Decision issued
23 January 2020
Permission expires
23 January 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
66 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08303009
Documents
7
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: AlnwickPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Bus Depot, Lisburn Terrace, AlnwickRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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.

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Source: Northumberland (County)

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