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The Health Centre Houghton Medical Group Church Street Houghton-le-Spring DH4 4DN

26/01599/TPCTrees in a Conservation AreaAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Works to tree(s) T5 (Sycamore) - remove deadwood, T9 (Sycamore) - remove deadwood,T12 (Ash) - Fell to ground, T13 (Sycamore) - remove epicormic growth to allow further inspections,T15 (Sycamore) - remove epicormic growth to allow further inspections, T16 (Lime) - Remove Deadwood and prune away from building to allow 2-3m clearance, T19 (Pear) - Fell to ground and remove stump, T21 (Lime) - remove epicormic growth to allow further inspections, T22 (Lime) - remove epicormic growth to allow further inspections, CPT2 - (group of young self set elder and sycamore) - fell to ground to remove future issues.

Received
22 July 2026
Decision due
3 September 2026
Ward
Houghton North
Agent
Premier Tree Services
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.18 Aug
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 18 August.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (2)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Health Centre Houghton Medical Group Church Street Houghton-le-Spring DH4 4DN. Sunderland has handled 178 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the St Michael's conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. 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.

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Application details

Postcode
DH4 4DN
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2026
Consultation start
28 July 2026
Last date for comments
18 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Premier Tree Services
Agent address
Mr Jonathan Grievson Unit 8a, Sea View Industrial Estate Sea View Industrial Estate Horden SR8 4TQ GB

Planning decision

Statutory period
43 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15101899
Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Michael's
  • Listed building: Grade II: Lilburn HouseOn or next to this site · +1 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, 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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© 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.

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