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1 Low Chesters Swarland Northumberland NE65 9ND

22/04768/FELTPOApplication to Fell Protected TreeApproved

Approved on 22 February 2023

Council decision: Permit Tree WorksDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree Preservation Order application: Remove and replace T1 - Purple Plum, T2 - Norway Spruce, T3 - Beech, T4 - Ash and T5 - Ash. T6 - English Oak - Crown lift to 6m over road. Selective prune to reduce lateral spread to North (over road) by 3m leaving branching no less than 6m to parent stem. Remove snapped out branch from lower crown. Remediate the originating tare out wound above. T7 - Beech - Selective prune to reduce lateral spread to North (over road) by 3m leaving branching no less than 5m to parent stem. T8 - English Oak - Selective prune to reduce lateral spread to North (over road) by 3m leaving branching no less than 4.5m to parent stem. Remove dead stem to immediate Northeast of main stem. Remove deadwood >30mm diameter. T9 - Beech - Fell to near ground level.

Received
28 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Shilbottle
Agent
Tilia Tree Consultancy Services
  1. Received28 Dec
  2. Validated28 Dec
  3. Consult.22 Feb
  4. Target22 Feb
  5. Decided22 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Low Chesters Swarland Northumberland NE65 9ND. Northumberland (County) has handled 1,426 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days 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 9ND
Application type
Application to Fell Protected Tree
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newton-on-the-Moor & Swarland

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 December 2022
Consultation expiry
22 February 2023
Consultation start
22 February 2023
Consultation end
22 February 2023
Last date for comments
22 February 2023
Target decision date
22 February 2023
Permission expires
22 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tilia Tree Consultancy Services
Agent address
11 Newton On The Moor Morpeth Northumberland NE65 9JY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11797159
Documents
8
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref PKT0642Part of the 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2008
    5 Mar

    Replacement of existing conservatory with a tiled roof sunroom

    ApprovedFull ApplicationA/2008/0121

Source: Northumberland (County)

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