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Orchard House Whalton Morpeth Northumberland NE61 3UZ

21/03721/TREECAWork to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 9 November 2021

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area application: Remove Conifers 1-9, 13-17, 20 (group - 12no. trees), 22, 23, 28, 29 (group - 10no. trees), 30-32 and 34-37. Remove Elder 18 and Cedars 25 and 27. 10 - Elders 10-11 Reduce height down to 6 feet. Laurel 12 Reduce down to 6 feet. Large Beech 19 Reduce height by 15 feet (approx. 1/4 of overall height). Large Beech 21 Reduce height by 15 feet (approx. ½ of overall height). Elder 24 Reduce down to 6 feet. Large Beech 26 Reduce height by 15 feet (approx. 1/4 of overall height) and raise crown to 18 feet from the ground (currently approx. 12 feet from ground). Ash 33 Reduce height by 12 feet and remove lower overhanging branches

Received
21 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ponteland East And Stannington
  1. Received21 Sep
  2. Validated28 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target9 Nov
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Orchard House Whalton Morpeth Northumberland NE61 3UZ. Northumberland (County) has handled 1,426 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in the Whalton conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,506 applications in total for the NE61 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
NE61 3UZ
Application type
Work to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whalton

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 September 2021
Consultation expiry
20 October 2021
Consultation start
29 September 2021
Consultation end
20 October 2021
Last date for comments
20 October 2021
Target decision date
9 November 2021
Permission expires
9 November 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10169437
Comments
0
Documents
27
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, 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

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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.

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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