Ryhope GWS Ryhope Road Ryhope Sunderland
Approved on 10 February 2026
Delegated (officer decision)2 conditions
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Proposal
T31 Sycamore - Remove crown to leave the stem as a 2.5m high monolith.
- Received
- 18 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Ryhope
- Agent
- Olivers Tree Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived18 Dec
- ValidatedValidated18 Dec
- Consult.Consultation13 Jan
- TargetTarget Date15 Feb
- DecidedDecided10 Feb
Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Ryhope GWS Ryhope Road Ryhope Sunderland. Sunderland has handled 178 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Ryhope.
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
- Application type
- Trees in a Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 13 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 23 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 13 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 13 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 15 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 10 February 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Olivers Tree Services Ltd
- Agent address
- Mr Stephen Keene Olivers Tree Services Unit 3 Langley Park Industrial Estate Witton Gilbert DH7 6TX United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 59 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II*: Chimney to West of Boiler House at Ryhope Pumping StationOn this site · +5 more
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, 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.
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