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3 Nunnykirk Close Ovingham Northumberland NE42 6BP

23/01794/PRUTPOApplication for Works to Protected TreeApproved

Approved on 2 August 2023

Council decision: Permit Tree WorksDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree Preservation Order application - T1 Acer pseudoplatanus - Reduction of 11 branches on the south side by 1.25m max to appropriate pruning points, lowest branch to be selectively thinned to reduce weight, crown reduce height by 1m to balance with crown reduction, remove lowest epicormic growth on stem: as amended 13/07/2023.

Received
17 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Bywell
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated1 Jun
  3. Consult.2 Aug
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided2 Aug

Decided in 62 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Nunnykirk Close Ovingham Northumberland NE42 6BP. Northumberland (County) has handled 1,426 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Ovingham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 90 applications in total for the NE42 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
NE42 6BP
Application type
Application for Works to Protected Tree
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ovingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 June 2023
Consultation expiry
2 August 2023
Consultation start
2 August 2023
Consultation end
2 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
6 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
27 June 2023
Last date for comments
2 August 2023
Target decision date
27 July 2023
Permission expires
2 August 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 The Terrace Ovingham Northumberland NE1 2DF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12165025
Documents
11
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ovingham
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref PKT0425Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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