Glenton 4 Rainton Grove Houghton-le-Spring DH5 8JT
Approved on 15 October 2026
Delegated (officer decision)3 conditions
Proposal
T41 Beech - 6 foot reduction and thinning by approx 20%, remove overcrowded and crossing branches T42 Weeping Willow - 6 foot reduction and thinning by approx 20%, remove overcrowded and crossing branches
- Received
- 14 August 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Houghton South And Hetton Downs
- ReceivedReceived14 Aug
- ValidatedValidated31 Aug
- Consult.Consultation9 Oct
- TargetTarget Date26 Oct
- DecidedDecided15 Oct
Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Glenton 4 Rainton Grove Houghton-le-Spring DH5 8JT. Sunderland has handled 178 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Houghton South And Hetton Downs. 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 8JT
- Application type
- Trees in a Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 August 2026
- Consultation start
- 18 September 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 October 2026
- Target decision date
- 26 October 2026
- Permission expires
- 15 October 2031
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
© 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.
Source: Sunderland
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