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St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG

Granted County Durham DM/24/02571/TPO Tree Preservation Order

Works: Trees

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

Proposal

Pruning works to 5no. trees within Durham City Conservation Area and/or subject to Tree Preservation Order to facilitate construction activities This application gives notice that the applicant intends to prune trees nos. 32, 36, 37, Tree 1 and Tree 2. For the avoidance of doubt, nos. 32, 36 and 37 require pruning to facilitate a temporary site access and Tree 1 and Tree 2 require pruning to facilitate the siting of the welfare cabin on the existing MUGA.

As published by the council, reference DM/24/02571/TPO

Application record

Reference
DM/24/02571/TPO
Type
Tree Preservation Order
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
18 Sep 2024
Validated
24 Sep 2024
Decided
18 Oct 2024
Ward
Neville's Cross (Historic)
Parish
City Of Durham
Decision by
Full Delegated
Postcode
DH1 4NG

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 13 applications since 2021: 13 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/26/02557/DRC Granted

    St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG

    Discharge of Condition 4 (Springwell Hall Refurbishment) pursuant to Planning Permission DM/24/01173/FPA.

    Decided 7 Oct 2026
  • DM/26/02289/NMA Granted

    St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG

    Non-material amendment to update the Construction Phase Plan approved under Condition 12 of planning permission DM/24/01173/FPA, in order to take into account the construction and school traffic management proposals required to facilitate the continuation of the Phase 3 demolition and refurbishment works to take account of the extended time required to remove asbestos from the site.

    Decided 28 Sep 2026 Amendments
  • DM/26/00405/DRC Granted

    St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG

    Proposed discharge of condition 16 (Contamination - Phase 4 Verification) pursuant approval DM/24/01173/FPA

    Decided 10 Mar 2026 Conditions
  • DM/25/03469/DRC Granted

    St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG

    Discharge of conditions 17 (refuse management strategy) and 21 (community use agreement) pursuant to DM/24/01173/FPA

    Decided 18 Mar 2026 Conditions
  • DM/25/03380/DRC Granted

    St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG

    Proposed discharge of Conditions 5 (EV spaces), 6 (Cycle parking), 18 (Odour control / extraction) from permission DM/24/01173/FPA

    Decided 22 Dec 2025 Conditions
  • DM/25/02770/AD Granted

    St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG

    1no. external signage at the Main Entrance and 1no. external signage at the Sport Entrance

    Decided 13 Nov 2025 Advertising
  • DM/25/02366/TPO Granted

    St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG

    Proposed tree works involving works including crown-lifting, pruning and dead wooding to individual and groups of trees and the felling of 1no. conifer, 1no. ash, 1no. hawthorn, and self-seeded ash trees within identified group.

    Decided 16 Oct 2025 Trees
  • DM/24/02608/NMA Granted

    St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG

    Non-material amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/24/01173/FPA for proposed temporary construction traffic access.

    Decided 17 Oct 2024 Amendments
  • DM/24/02146/DRC Granted

    St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG

    Discharge of Condition 13 (Scheme of Traffic Management) pursuant to Planning Permission No. DM/24/01173/FPA

    Decided 10 Sep 2024 Conditions
  • DM/24/02042/DRC Granted

    St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG

    Discharge of condition 3 (existing building water proofing works) pursuant to DM/24/00883/FPA (demolition of existing school). - EFAA Temporary Waterproofing (West) Design Brief, prepared by Wentworth House - Product Data Sheet, prepared by British Gypsum - EFAA Waterproofing - PowerPoint slide Programme information: 1. Temporary Works are due to commence late July 2024 / August 2024 2. New / Refurbishment Works due to commence 2026 Condition 6: - Hoarding Fence Line Plan

    Decided 16 Sep 2024 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Sep 2024

    Received by County Durham

  2. 24 Sep 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 18 Oct 2024

    Decision issued: Approved

  4. 26 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Lichfields Agent, registered in Newbury

Active · incorporated 2006 · Newbury

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Documents

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8 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

County Durham granted permission on 18 October 2024, 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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