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1 Ferny Bank Swarland Morpeth Northumberland NE65 9BB

20/01963/PRUTPOApplication for Works to Protected TreeRefused

Refused on 14 October 2020

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Tree Preservation Order: works to 1no. Sycamore tree to cut back 3no. branches to the trunk

Received
29 June 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Shilbottle
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.14 Oct
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided14 Oct

Decided in 79 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Ferny Bank Swarland Morpeth Northumberland NE65 9BB. Northumberland (County) has handled 1,426 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 8 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Shilbottle. We hold 1,219 applications in total for the NE65 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
NE65 9BB
Application type
Application for Works to Protected Tree
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newton-on-the-Moor & Swarland

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2020
Consultation expiry
14 October 2020
Consultation start
14 October 2020
Consultation end
14 October 2020
Neighbour consultation start
27 July 2020
Neighbour consultation end
17 August 2020
Last date for comments
17 August 2020
Target decision date
21 September 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
5

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: Ref PKT0002
  • 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: Northumberland (County)

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