Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

The Old Vicarage Kingsway Bishop Auckland DL14 7JN

Granted County Durham DM/24/02149/TCA Trees in a Conservation Area

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Horse Chestnut (A) - removal of deadwood; removal of basal and epicormic growth up to a height of approximately 5m; removal and shortening of lower branches to a height from the ground of approximately 4m, Cypress (B) - removal and shortening of some lower branches to a height from the ground of approximately 3m, with maintenance pruning to limit the spread by crown reduction through shortening of other branches by up to 1m, Cypress (C) - maintenance pruning to limit the spread by crown reduction through shortening of branches by up to 0.75m, Weeping ash (D) - removal of deadwood; removal of basal and epicormic growth up to a height of approximately 5m; removal and shortening of lower branches to a height from the ground of approximately 3m, Holly (E) - maintenance pruning to limit the height by reducing it by up to 1m and to limit the spread by crown reduction through shortening of branches by up to 1m, Cypress hedge (F) - maintenance pruning to limit the height by reducing it by up to 1m and to limit the spread by crown reduction through shortening of branches by up to 0.75m

As published by the council, reference DM/24/02149/TCA

Application record

Reference
DM/24/02149/TCA
Type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Status
Decided
Decision
Raise No Objection
Received
5 Aug 2024
Validated
5 Aug 2024
Decided
30 Aug 2024
Ward
Bishop Auckland Town (Historic)
Parish
Bishop Auckland
Decision by
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Postcode
DL14 7JN

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Aug 2024

    Received by County Durham

  2. 30 Aug 2024

    Decision issued: Raise No Objection

  3. 26 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

4 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Trade members open them from here.

Open the documents

What a grant of permission means

The process from here

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.

About trees applications

How this application type works

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

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • Dellwood Kingsway Bishop Auckland DL14 7JN

    DM/22/03282/TPO Submitted 7 Nov 2022 52m away

    Remove lower branches below 3m and shorten limbs

    Granted Trees 5 docs

  • 6 Victoria Avenue Bishop Auckland DL14 7JH

    DM/26/02306/FPA Submitted 2 Sep 2026 114m away

    94% historically approved · decision due ~29 Oct

    Change of use from Use Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse). To include proposed residential accommodation comprising six bedrooms together with shared communal and ancillary spaces.

    Awaiting decision 9 docs
    Domestic

  • 6 Victoria Avenue Bishop Auckland DL14 7JH

    DM/26/02307/LB Submitted 2 Sep 2026 114m away

    97% historically approved · decision due ~29 Oct

    Listed Building Consent for a change of use from Use Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse). To include proposed residential accommodation comprising six bedrooms together with shared communal and ancillary spaces.

    Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings
    Domestic

  • The Lightfoot Institute 24 Kingsway Bishop Auckland DL14 7JN

    DM/22/02907/LB Submitted 3 Oct 2022 140m away

    Retention of double glazed timber sliding sash windows, window alterations, replacement front and rear entrance doors, roofing, roof lantern, pointing and associated works

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 46 docs

  • 4 Regent Street Bishop Auckland DL14 7LJ

    DM/24/01663/FPA Submitted 20 Jun 2024 158m away

    Change of use to holiday let accommodation

    Granted Full applications 15 docs

  • 2 Regent Street Bishop Auckland DL14 7LJ

    DM/24/01661/FPA Submitted 20 Jun 2024 165m away

    Change of use to holiday let accommodation.

    Granted Full applications 15 docs

In County Durham

  • 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