Planning application
9 Vicarage Close Howden-le-Wear Crook DL15 8RB
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Crown lift to pruning branch tips, remove major deadwood and crown thin up to 15% to T1. Horse Chestnut
As published by the council, reference DM/22/00847/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- DM/22/00847/TPO
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 22 Mar 2022
- Validated
- 23 Mar 2022
- Decided
- 18 May 2022
- Ward
- Crook (Historic)
- Parish
- No Parish
- Decision by
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Postcode
- DL15 8RB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Mar 2022
Received by County Durham
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23 Mar 2022
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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18 May 2022
Decision issued: Approved
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2 Oct 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Olivers Tree Services Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Ferryhill
Active · incorporated 2002 · Ferryhill
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 18 May 2022, 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.
About tree works applications
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.
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