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The Vicarage Humshaugh Hexham Northumberland NE46 4AA

23/00630/TREECAWork to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 11 April 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a Conservation Area: 312, 313 and 316 Sycamore - raise lower branches to a height of 3 metres, 346 Sycamore - raise lower canopy over neighbours road to 4 metres, 350, 352 Sycamore - reduce and reshape crown by 2-3m and thin crown by 10-15%, 348 and 353 Hawthorn - Fell, 351 Sycamore - Fell, 354 Group of hollies - Remove 2no. stems closest to boundary wall to leave 2 main stems to northern side to become main focal point, reduce height of remaining group down to 12ft and trim in sides, 361 Apple - Fell and 365 Prunus - Reduce to height of wall. (Amended Description 11/04/2023).

Received
21 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Humshaugh
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided11 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Vicarage Humshaugh Hexham Northumberland NE46 4AA. Northumberland (County) has handled 1,426 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in the Humshaugh conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Humshaugh. We hold 907 applications in total for the NE46 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
NE46 4AA
Application type
Work to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Humshaugh

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 February 2023
Target decision date
11 April 2023
Permission expires
11 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Green Eagle
Agent address
Glen Cottage Shilburn Road Allendale NE47 9LQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11948247
Documents
16
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, 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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