The Old Tennis Court /Fatfield House And Adjacent Woodland Vigo Lane Washington NE38 9AA
Refused on 12 December 2018
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Pollard 6 trees in council owned woodland to 8 metres to allow more light into garden area, reduce 2 yew trees at the top of the drive next to the house by up to 4 metres to allow more light into property. Pollard 3 spruce trees in neighbours garden (Fatfield House), the trees will effectively be monoliths as all the crown will be removed, this is to allow more light into the property. Pollard reduce row of sycamore and lawsons cypress - pollard the sycamores to 8 metres and reduce the lawsons cypress to match the sycamores, this is to allow more light to the neighbouring property and garden adjacent.
- Received
- 3 October 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Washington East
- ReceivedReceived3 Oct
- ValidatedValidated17 Oct
- Consult.Consultation13 Nov
- TargetTarget Date12 Dec
- DecidedDecided12 Dec
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Old Tennis Court /Fatfield House And Adjacent Woodland Vigo Lane Washington NE38 9AA. Sunderland has handled 178 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 weeks longer than Sunderland'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 8 applications across Washington East. We hold 227 applications in total for the NE38 postcode area.
100% of trees applications at Sunderland City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- NE38 9AA
- Application type
- Trees in a Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 October 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 13 November 2018
- Consultation start
- 23 October 2018
- Consultation end
- 13 November 2018
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 October 2018
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 November 2018
- Last date for comments
- 13 November 2018
- Target decision date
- 12 December 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Jake Brough 9 Tynedale Close Wylam NE418EX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.
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Source: Sunderland
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