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The Willows Warden Law Lane Sunderland SR3 2PD

25/01678/TPATrees in a Tree Preservation OrderAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Works to trees - T1 - Small-Leaved Lime (Tilia Codarta) - Crown lift to 5.1m over public highway, remove ivy from main stem and crown thin by 10%, T2 - European Beech (Fagus Sylvatica) - Crown reduction by 3m to reduce overall height and promote a more health growth sever Ivy and remove from stem, T3 - European Beech (Fagus Sylvatica) - Overall crown reduction by 4m in height and 2m laterally bringing the overhanging branches away from building upper crown is looking sparse and is showing signs of decline manage overall structure by reducing the overall size of the crown monitor basal fungal decay on the south side at root buttress.

Received
25 July 2025
Decision due
20 September 2025
Ward
Doxford
Agent
S.M Tree Services NE
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.18 Aug
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 18 August.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (7)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Willows Warden Law Lane Sunderland SR3 2PD. Sunderland has handled 178 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 25 July 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Silksworth Hall conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Doxford. We hold 339 applications in total for the SR3 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
SR3 2PD
Application type
Trees in a Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2025
Consultation expiry
18 August 2025
Consultation start
28 July 2025
Consultation end
18 August 2025
Last date for comments
18 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
S.M Tree Services NE
Agent address
Mr Sean Martin 44 Nevinson Avenue South Shields NE34 8NP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14203590
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
16

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: Silksworth Hall
  • 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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