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Willow Dykes Dairy Lane Houghton-le-Spring DH4 5PS

26/01592/ETRWEmergency Tree Works (TPO/TPA)Approved

Approved on 23 July 2026

Council decision: ResponseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Emergency Tree Works - T18 Elm Tree now presents an immediate risk of serious harm.

Received
21 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Houghton North
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 2 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Willow Dykes Dairy Lane Houghton-le-Spring DH4 5PS. Sunderland has handled 178 applications of this type. This one was decided in 2 days, 7 weeks quicker than Sunderland's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Houghton North. We hold 167 applications in total for the DH4 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
DH4 5PS
Application type
Emergency Tree Works (TPO/TPA)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2026
Target decision date
26 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
5 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    24 Jul

    T20 Horse Chestnut - Trim back overhang from neighbours garden by 3m , removal of low lying branches.

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside26/01618/TPA
  2. 2026
    21 Jul

    Emergency Tree Works - T18 Elm Tree now presents an immediate risk of serious harm.

    This applicationApprovedTrees26/01592/ETRW

Source: Sunderland

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