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Washington Lodge The Avenue Washington Village Washington NE38 7LE

23/01646/TPCTrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 31 August 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lowering of rear lleylandii hedge to below second floor window height approx 2.8m

Received
20 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Washington Central
Agent
Coquet tree services
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.11 Aug
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided31 Aug

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Washington Lodge The Avenue Washington Village Washington NE38 7LE. Sunderland has handled 178 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Sunderland's typical decision time. The site is in the Washington Village conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Washington Central. 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 7LE
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2023
Consultation expiry
11 August 2023
Consultation start
21 July 2023
Consultation end
11 August 2023
Target decision date
1 September 2023
Permission expires
31 August 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Coquet tree services
Agent address
Mr Brent Nichol 87 Geranium Drive St Andrews Gardens Morpeth NE61 3EY

Planning decision

Statutory period
43 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12330100
Documents
7
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Washington Village
  • 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, 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

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: Sunderland

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