Planning application
6 Wearside Drive Durham DH1 1LE
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Works to two trees within a conservation area. T1 - Conifer - remove to ground level. T2 - Birch - to remove.
As published by the council, reference DM/23/00060/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/23/00060/TCA
- Type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Raise No Objection
- Received
- 11 Jan 2023
- Validated
- 11 Jan 2023
- Decided
- 6 Feb 2023
- Ward
- Elvet And Gilesgate (Historic)
- Parish
- City Of Durham
- Decision by
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Postcode
- DH1 1LE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Jan 2023
Received by County Durham
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6 Feb 2023
Decision issued: Raise No Objection
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23 Aug 2026
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We Care Tree Care Arboricultural Services Agent, a tree-works contractor
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 6 February 2023, 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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