The Haven Hetton Road Houghton-le-Spring DH5 8NB

26/00294/ETRWEmergency Tree Works (TPO/TPA)Approved

Approved on 19 February 2026

Council decision: ResponseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Emergency Tree Works to 3 ash trees with severe ash die back. (TPO 85)

Received: 9 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sunderland City Council
Ward: Copt Hill

ReceivedReceived9 Feb
ValidatedValidated9 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date14 Feb
DecidedDecided19 Feb

Decided in 10 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Haven Hetton Road Houghton-le-Spring DH5 8NB. Sunderland has handled 178 applications of this type. This one was decided in 10 days, 6 weeks quicker than Sunderland's typical decision time. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Copt Hill. 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 8NB
Application type: Emergency Tree Works (TPO/TPA)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 February 2026
Target decision date: 14 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 5 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 0
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (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

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.

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.

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Sunderland

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