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4 Trafalgar Drive Swarland Morpeth Northumberland NE65 9LJ

26/00316/PRUTPOApplication for Works to Protected TreeApproved

Approved on 18 June 2026

Council decision: Permit Tree WorksDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree Preservation Order Application to T1 Beech remove large overhanging limb over garden, T2, T10, T12, T14 & T16 Beech crown lift to 4 metres and thin crown by 10%, T3 & T7 Sycamore crown lift to 4 metres and thin crown by 10%, T5 Oak crown lift to 4 metres and thin crown by 10%, T11 Oak remove deadwood, T13 Larch fell, T15 Beech remove deadwood, T17 Larch remove deadwood.

Received
27 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shilbottle
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Jun
  4. Target19 Jun
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 142 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Trafalgar Drive Swarland Morpeth Northumberland NE65 9LJ. Northumberland (County) has handled 1,426 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 13 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. 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 9LJ
Application type
Application for Works to Protected Tree
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newton-on-the-Moor And Swarland

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2026
Consultation expiry
17 February 2026
Consultation start
27 January 2026
Consultation end
18 June 2026
Last date for comments
17 February 2026
Target decision date
19 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14656191
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: 4, Nelson DriveOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref PKT0642Next to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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