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Pethfoot House The Peth West Thirston Northumberland NE65 9EE

23/03437/TREECAWork to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 October 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area : works to include T1 - Copper Beech (Remove small branches that are interfering with bt wires), T2 - Sycamore (reduce canopy weight by reducing back overhanging limbs by 2m. Thin by 15%), T3 - Yew (hedge trim back from building.), T4 - Sycamore (remove low epicormic growth. limb overhanging patio, reduce by 2m limb over hanging house), T5 - Sycamore (remove, leave trunk as wildlife habitat standing at approx 4m. Only 30% of crown in leaf with dead wood throughout. Tree is in major decline), 6 - Ash (remove as has ash die back) We are looking to manage and make safe the trees on site.

Received
15 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Longhorsley
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Pethfoot House The Peth West Thirston Northumberland NE65 9EE. Northumberland (County) has handled 1,426 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in the West Thirston conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Longhorsley. We hold 1,218 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 9EE
Application type
Work to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thirston

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2023
Target decision date
27 October 2023
Permission expires
16 October 2028

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12456466
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: West ThirstonPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Peth FootOn this site · +1 more
  • SSSI: River Coquet and Coquet Valley Woodlands SSSIPart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, 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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