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19 Southgate Wood Morpeth Northumberland NE61 2EN

23/00752/FELTPOApplication to Fell Protected TreeApproved

Approved on 12 April 2023

Council decision: Permit Tree WorksDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree Preservation Order Application: T1 Sycamore : Fell, The tree has a large cavity at 3m which extends across and down the inside of the trunk, depth unknown. The large decay pocket is weeping down the external trunk of the tree and is likely to be a fungal disease. Replace with different species eg. Birch or Rowan at a different site in the garden in order that the infection is not spread.

Received
2 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Morpeth Kirkhill
Agent
Town & Country Tree Surgeons Ltd
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.12 Apr
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided12 Apr

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 19 Southgate Wood Morpeth Northumberland NE61 2EN. Northumberland (County) has handled 1,426 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Morpeth Kirkhill. 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 2EN
Application type
Application to Fell Protected Tree
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Morpeth

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2023
Consultation expiry
12 April 2023
Consultation start
12 April 2023
Consultation end
12 April 2023
Last date for comments
12 April 2023
Target decision date
27 April 2023
Permission expires
12 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Town & Country Tree Surgeons Ltd
Agent address
55 Font Side Mitford Morpeth NE61 3PS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11923109
Documents
6
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref PKT0567Part of the site · +7 more
  • 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

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Source: Northumberland (County)

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