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11 The Grove Rainton Bridge Houghton-Le-Spring DH5 8NT

23/00815/TPATrees in a Tree Preservation OrderRefused

Refused on 18 January 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of 1no. Sycamore tree to front of property, due to damage being caused to drains.

Received
2 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hetton
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.12 Dec
  4. Target18 Jan
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 11 The Grove Rainton Bridge Houghton-Le-Spring DH5 8NT. Sunderland has handled 178 applications of this type. This one was decided in 291 days, 35 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Hetton. We hold 99 applications in total for the DH5 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
DH5 8NT
Application type
Trees in a Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hetton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2023
Consultation expiry
12 December 2023
Consultation start
21 November 2023
Consultation end
12 December 2023
Target decision date
18 January 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
59 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12065938
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
11

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)

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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© 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: Sunderland

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