Land At Liberty Green Washington

26/00353/TPATrees in a Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 25 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)2 conditions

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

Proposal

T4 (Lime) - Reduce and reshape the roadside stem (approx half of the tree) by 3m shaping in with the estate side stem to leave the crown more balanced T5 (Sycamore) - Remove major deadwood, prune to tidy stubs, aerially inspect the crown

Received: 16 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sunderland City Council
Ward: Washington Central
Agent: Olivers Tree Services Ltd

ReceivedReceived16 Feb
ValidatedValidated16 Feb
Consult.Consultation10 Mar
TargetTarget Date15 Apr
DecidedDecided25 Mar

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land At Liberty Green Washington. Sunderland has handled 178 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Sunderland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Washington Central.

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: 16 February 2026
Consultation expiry: 10 March 2026
Consultation start: 17 February 2026
Consultation end: 10 March 2026
Last date for comments: 10 March 2026
Target decision date: 15 April 2026
Permission expires: 25 March 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: 58 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14707524
Comments: 0
Documents: 5
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

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

© 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.

Source: Sunderland

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