Westgate Caravan Site Britton Hall Westgate Bishop Auckland DL13 1LN

1. 1 Jun 2021

   Received by County Durham

2. 6 Jul 2021

   Decision issued: Raise No Objection

3. 26 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

County Durham granted permission on 6 July 2021, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Westgate Camping Site Britton Hall Westgate Bishop Auckland DL13 1LN

  DM/23/00105/TCA Submitted 17 Jan 2023 50 yards away

  Trim to tidy sides, reduce the height by 2m and remove the Ash and Sycamore samplings to H1. Leylandii hedge, Crown clean/deadwood and remove the epicormic growth from main stem to T2. Sycamore, Reduce height by 1m, trim both sides to tidy and remove Ash sapling to H3. Leylandii hedge, Crown lift up to 3.5m over caravan to T10. Beech, Crown lift up to 3.5m over caravan to T11. Beech, Crown lift up to 3.5m over caravan to T12. Beech, Crown lift to 2m to T24. Apple and Crown lift to 3m to T43. Birch and Crown lift to 2.2m, Prune to clear adjacent property by 3m and remove the basal Ash sapling to ground level to T1. Sycamore, Crown lift to 3.5m and remove epicormic growth to T2. Sycamore, Remove epicormic growth to T3. Sycamore, Crown lift to 3m and prune back to fence line up to 3m in height to G8. Cherry, Crown lift to 3m over campsite side of the tree to T12. Ash and Remove the epicormic growth to T14. Ash

  Granted Trees 8 docs
  Small domestic

• Westgate Camping Site Britton Hall Westgate Bishop Auckland DL13 1LN

  DM/25/02560/TCA Submitted 15 Sep 2025 100 yards away

  1 Sycamore - Crown lift to 1m above the toilet block and remove the Ash sapling and the Sycamore re-gen to ground level 15 Ash - Fell as close to current ground level as practical 19 Ash - Long term it would be beneficial to crown reduce this tree or consider its removal in the future 23 Ash - Reduce the overhanging limb on the camping site by 4-5m H1 Leylandii hedge - Trim the top and both sides to tidy 2 Sycamore - Crown lift to 4m and remove the epicormic growth 4 Ash - Remove the regrowth to stump level 8 Beech - Crown lift to 4m 12 Beech - Crown lift to 4m 14 Beech - Monitor condition annually and crown lift to 4m 16 Beech - Crown lift to 4m 18 Beech - Monitor condition annually and crown lift to 4m 19 Beech - Crown lift to 4m 21 Beech - Crown lift to 4m 25 Sycamore - Prune to clear the building by 2m Section 211 notice

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• Land East Of The Barn Shallowford Westgate DL13 1NT

  DM/21/03985/FPA Submitted 22 Nov 2021 150 yards away

  Proposal is to replace the existing old stone slate roof with modern roof construction of plastic coated metal sheeting finished in an anthracite grey colour

  Withdrawn Full applications Roofing 16 docs

• Allotment Gardens High Town Westgate DL13 1JR

  DM/25/02267/TCA Submitted 15 Aug 2025 300 yards away

  7. Ash - prune to clear the adjacent building by 2m, 8. Willow - pollard leaving the stem at 1.5m in height - Section 211 notice

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• Land West Of 16 High Town Westgate DL13 1JR

  DM/23/00430/TCA Submitted 14 Feb 2023 350 yards away

  Reduce and reshape up to 4m to T1. Beech, Cut stump down to T2. Sycamore, Fell T3. Ash, Fell T4. Ash and Fell T5. Ash

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• St Andrews Church Front Street Westgate DL13 1SD

  DM/25/01723/TCA Submitted 27 Jun 2025 0.3 miles away

  Felling of one young tree and treat the stump to inhibit regrowth. - Section 211 notice

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• DM/26/01832/TPO Granted

  11 Castle View Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH3 3XA

  Cherry (T1) - crown reduce whole canopy by 1.5m, crown raise by 1m, all branch severance to be no greater than 75mm diameter, Beech (T2) - felling and removal to ground level with replacement species, Silver Birch (T3) - removal of deadwood only, Beech (T4) - crown lift lowest small diameter fine branches, removal of deadwood only (Amended Description)

  Received 15 Jul, published by the council 6 Aug 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02546/TCA Decided

  Walkway The Riverwalk Millburngate Durham DH1 4SL

  Lime x8 - pollard to previously reduced points leaving stems at 7m. (amended proposal)

  Received 22 Sep, published by the council 25 Sep 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02319/TPO Granted

  5 Almoners Barn Durham DH1 3TZ

  Works to protected trees (PN1-319) as outlined in the 'Health and Condition Tree Report' dated 2nd September 2026

  Received 2 Sep, published by the council 10 Sep 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02412/TPO Granted

  Brooklands 23A North Lodge Chester-le-Street DH3 4BA

  T1- sycamore - fell close to ground level as possible and T2 - birch - fell close to ground level

  Received 10 Sep, published by the council 15 Sep 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02523/TCA Decided

  Travel Lodge Station Lane Gilesgate Durham DH1 1LJ

  15 self set whitebeam trees that need to be cut down to ground level as they are completely blocking the windows on the rear of the building

  Received 21 Sep, published by the council 25 Sep 2026 Trees