St Aidans Catholic Academy Willow Bank Road Sunderland SR2 7HU

23/02117/TPATrees in a Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 4 December 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T090 - Remove mature ash tree to ground level, T092 - Remove mature common ash tree to ground level, T094 - Remove mature common ash tree to ground level, T096 - Remove mature common ash tree to ground level, T101 - Remove mature common ash tree to ground level.

Received: 4 October 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sunderland City Council
Ward: St Michaels
Agent: ATW Tree & Landscaping Specialists Ltd

ReceivedReceived4 Oct
ValidatedValidated19 Oct
Consult.Consultation14 Nov
TargetTarget Date14 Dec
DecidedDecided4 Dec

Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Aidans Catholic Academy Willow Bank Road Sunderland SR2 7HU. Sunderland has handled 178 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 12 days longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. The site is in the Ashbrooke, Sunderland conservation area. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across St Michaels. We hold 479 applications in total for the SR2 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: SR2 7HU
Application type: Trees in a Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 October 2023
Consultation expiry: 14 November 2023
Consultation start: 24 October 2023
Consultation end: 14 November 2023
Target decision date: 14 December 2023
Permission expires: 4 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: ATW Tree & Landscaping Specialists Ltd
Agent address: Mr Lauren Unsworth 36A Ellesmere Court Leechmere Industrial Estate Sunderland SR2 9UA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12506883
Comments: 0
Documents: 4
Constraints: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Ashbrooke, Sunderland
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.

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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.

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Associated applications

2023
4 Oct
T090 - Remove mature ash tree to ground level, T092 - Remove mature common ash tree to ground level, T094…
This applicationApprovedTrees23/02117/TPA
2023
4 Oct
Tree Works - T109 - Remove mature wild cherry tree to ground level.
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaFiled alongside23/02133/TPC

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Sunderland

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