The Pump House Cottage Houghall Farm Lane Houghall Durham DH1 3PJ

1. 26 Oct 2022

   Received by County Durham

2. 27 Oct 2022

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 9 Jan 2023

   Decision issued: Approved

4. 26 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.

More on trees applications in our guide

• The Pump House Cottage Houghall Farm Lane Houghall Durham DH1 3PJ

  DM/26/02298/TCA Submitted 1 Sep 2026 61m away

  92% historically approved · decision due ~28 Oct

  Oak (T2) - crown lift to 4.5m, Ash (T5) - crown lift to 4m, Birch (T7) - crown lift to 3.5m, Larch (T8) - prune back crown by 3m, Birch x2 and Beech (T10) - felling and removal

  Awaiting decision Trees 2 docs

• East Durham And Houghall Community College Houghall Durham DH1 3SG

  DM/26/01391/NMA Submitted 2 Jun 2026 177m away

  Non-material amendments in relation to Condition 2 and 5 of planning permission (ref: DM/24/02710/FPA) (partial demolition, refurbishment and retention of the existing college buildings, and construction of a new two-storey teaching block and ancillary buildings with associated external works, substation, landscaping and access) to allow additional detail and clarification of potential impacts on the existing and retained trees and amendments to teaching block to relocate door and stair tower at roof level and to rotate the canopy with the SEN garden.

  Granted Amendments Demolition Trees 18 docs

• East Durham And Houghall Community College Houghall Durham DH1 3SG

  DM/26/00329/NMA Submitted 11 Feb 2026 177m away

  Non-material amendments in relation to Condition 2, 6, 9, 10 of permission ref: DM/24/02710/FPA (new teaching block etc) to realign the boot wash, resulting in a small improvement to the overall biodiversity net gain (BNG) score with grassland created to the east and ornamental hedging around the access to the boot wash.

  Granted Amendments 11 docs

• East Durham And Houghall Community College Houghall Durham DH1 3SG

  DM/25/03161/TPO Submitted 10 Nov 2025 187m away

  Felling and removal of 7no mature Ash (G1)

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Woodside Cottage Low Road East Shincliffe Durham DH1 2NB

  DM/25/03141/TCA Submitted 7 Nov 2025 299m away

  T1 - Maple - Crown reduce and reshape corner tree by 2.5m T2 - Beech - Crown reduce and reshape roadside tree by 2.5m, clearing back from road as part of the reduction

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 2 Low Road East Shincliffe Durham DH1 2NB

  4/03/00817/FPA Submitted 1 Aug 2003 353m away

  Erection of single storey pitched roof extension to front of existing dwelling

  Granted Full applications Extension 5 docs
  Small domestic

• DM/26/02346/TCA Awaiting decision

  Devonshire House Nursing Home 10 - 11 Front Street West Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9HW

  1. Birch - reduce and reshape 2-2.5m

  4 Sep 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02323/TCA Awaiting decision

  10 Ramside Park Carrville Durham DH1 1NS

  T1, T2, and T3. Sycamore - fell T4. Paper Birch - Crown reduction by a maximum of 2m in vertical height and 1.5m in lateral spread. Crown thin by 15% to remove dead, diseased, and crossing branches T5. Sycamore - fell

  2 Sep 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02322/TCA Awaiting decision

  Durham University Palace Green Durham DH1 3RL

  T1. Conifer - fell

  2 Sep 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02316/TPO Awaiting decision

  2 The Larches Town Head Middleton-in-teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0SB

  T1 Sycamore (TPO Tree) - Crown reduction of approximately 1.5m to upper crown and lateral spreads - TPO-TDC-2-2009 T2 Sycamore (TCA Tree) - Crown reduction of approximately 2.5m to upper crown and lateral spreads. - Section 211 notice.

  2 Sep 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02314/TPO Awaiting decision

  9 Loweswater Avenue Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH2 3HJ

  T1 (Tag No: 501) Goat Willow - Reduce overhang off fence line by 1.5 metres (no branches bigger than 50mm in diameter). T2 (Tag No:502) Elm - Reduce overhang off fence line by 2metres (none bigger than 75mm in diameter). T3 (Tag No:503) Goat Willow - Reduce overhanging branches off fence by 1 metre (none bigger than 75mm in diameter). T4 (Tag No: 504) Goat Willow - Reduce overhanging branches off fence by 1 metre (none bigger than 75mm in diameter). T5 (Tag No: 505) Goat Willow - Reduce overhanging branches off fence by 1 metre (none bigger than 75mm in diameter). T6 (Tag No: 506) Goat Willow - Reduce overhanging branches off fence by 1 metre (none bigger than 75mm in diameter). T7 (Tag No: 507) Oak - Shorten 2no limbs by3.5 metres off fence (100mm diameter) T8 (Tag No: 508) Elm - Remove branch from base of tree 110mm in diameter. Reduce 2no branches off fence line by 3 metres.

  2 Sep 2026 Trees