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University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

Granted County Durham DM/24/03221/TPO Tree Preservation Order

Works: Trees

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

Proposal

59 - Lime - Remove visible deadwood as required, pruning back to sound wood or appropriate branch junctions 455 - Oak - Reduce lowest most branches back by 3m to clear car parking area, inspection of main limb required. DCC Tree Officer to be made aware of condition of limb 493 - Oak - Remove visible deadwood as required, pruning back to sound wood or appropriate branch junction/s GA - Fire Road (from oxygen storage area to Trust HQ car park) Crown lift/prune back branches overhanging the road, back beyond the retaining wall, up to a height of 5.5m, and fell several small trees leaning over the road that are growing within 1m of the road B - Beech and Willow - No action required GC - (from Fire Road entrance up to the Oxygen Storage Area) Prune back branches on the roadside up to 1.5m and round off tall shrubs within 2.5m of the road/barrier 209 - Sycamore - Crown lift to include the pruning of light, pendulous growth in the lower tree crown eg shortening or removal of secondary branches under 50/75mm diameter, not main structural branches over this size. Crown lifting would include mostly epicormic growth, clearing the building (Amended description)

As published by the council, reference DM/24/03221/TPO

Application record

Reference
DM/24/03221/TPO
Type
Tree Preservation Order
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
28 Nov 2024
Validated
29 Nov 2024
Decided
23 Jan 2025
Ward
Neville's Cross (Historic)
Parish
City Of Durham
Decision by
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Postcode
DH1 5TW

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 14 applications since 2019: 13 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/25/03475/PN56 Granted

    University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

    Prior approval for the installation and operation of 407.25 kWp Solar PV system featuring 905 no. 450W solar panels on the roof of the building.

    Decided 6 Feb 2026 Prior approval
  • DM/25/03108/FPA Granted

    University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

    Installation of GRP Enclosure for compressor unit & reinforced concrete base.

    Decided 17 Dec 2025 Full applications
  • DM/25/01389/TPO Granted

    University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

    Various works to protected trees (TPO Ref. PN1-359) as specified in the submitted Arboricultural Statement dated 25th April 2025

    Decided 23 Jul 2025 Trees
  • DM/23/03489/FPA Granted

    University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

    Installation of 2no. single storey Portakabin buildings to be used as a mortuary and associated office for a temporary 2 year period.

    Decided 8 Jan 2024 Full applications
  • DM/23/03337/FPA Granted

    University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

    Refurbishment of mortuary department including demolition and erection of carport, installation of 7no. condenser units enclosed with 2.5m high metal security enclosure

    Decided 21 Dec 2023 Full applications
  • DM/23/03056/FPA Granted

    University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

    Alteration, refurbishment and extension of existing radio pharmaceutical facilities within the medical physics department building.

    Decided 8 Dec 2023 Full applications
  • DM/23/01098/DRC Granted

    University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

    Discharge of condition 3 of planning approval DM/22/02960/FPA relating to landscaping planting proposal including both hard and soft landscaping arrangements.

    Decided 15 May 2023 Conditions
  • DM/22/03492/TPO Granted

    University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

    T1,T2,T3,T4,T5 (Sycamore) - Remove snapped branches, crown lift 4m T6 (Holly) - Remove deadwood G1, G2 (Remove to ground level)

    Decided 17 Jan 2023 Trees
  • DM/22/02960/FPA Granted

    University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

    Installation of new air handling unit in support of a minor internal refurbishment of the medical physics department and installation of new condenser unit for CSSD.

    Decided 19 Dec 2022 Full applications
  • DM/22/02388/FPA Granted

    University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

    Erection of a two storey Emergency Department and surface car parking with associated demolition of Dryburn House and other existing outbuildings.

    Decided 11 Jan 2023 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Nov 2024

    Received by County Durham

  2. 29 Nov 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Jan 2025

    Decision issued: Approved

  4. 5 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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

452 applications on PlanIndex · across 12 councils · 92% granted

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Documents

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7 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

County Durham granted permission on 23 January 2025, 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.

Nearby applications

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  • University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

    DM/22/03492/TPO Submitted 23 Nov 2022 50 yards away

    T1,T2,T3,T4,T5 (Sycamore) - Remove snapped branches, crown lift 4m T6 (Holly) - Remove deadwood G1, G2 (Remove to ground level)

    Granted Trees 7 docs

  • University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

    DM/22/02388/FPA Submitted 17 Aug 2022 50 yards away

    Erection of a two storey Emergency Department and surface car parking with associated demolition of Dryburn House and other existing outbuildings.

    Granted Full applications Demolition 60 docs

  • University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

    DRC/19/00527 Submitted 18 Dec 2019 50 yards away

    Discharge of Conditions 4 (Contaminated Land), 5 (Drainage), 6 (Scheme of Sustainability), 7 (Materials), 8 (Landscape Scheme) and 11 (Construction Management Plan)

    Decided Conditions 3 docs

  • Car Park University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

    DM/25/02362/TPO Submitted 26 Aug 2025 100 yards away

    T146. Willow - Pollard to 6m and T162. Sycamore - Remove major deadwood (amended description)

    Granted Trees 7 docs

  • University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

    DM/22/00955/TPO Submitted 31 Mar 2022 100 yards away

    T1 - Willow (fell), T2 - Oak (tag 190 - Crown clean to remove deadwood and split/hanging branches), T3 Sweet Chestnut (tag 112 - Remove low marked tier of branches, upto 1.5m reduction of overhanging branches, remove major deadwood and split branches), T4 Birch (Remove split/hanging branches), T5 Willow (Reduce central leader to below split from recent storm damage and remove marked section of limb growing towards fire road) and T6 - 2x Pines (Fell) (TPO ref PNI-359)

    Granted Trees 8 docs

  • University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW

    DM/23/03056/FPA Submitted 12 Oct 2023 150 yards away

    Alteration, refurbishment and extension of existing radio pharmaceutical facilities within the medical physics department building.

    Granted Full applications Extension 15 docs

In County Durham

  • DM/26/01832/TPO Granted

    11 Castle View Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH3 3XA

    Cherry (T1) - crown reduce whole canopy by 1.5m, crown raise by 1m, all branch severance to be no greater than 75mm diameter, Beech (T2) - felling and removal to ground level with replacement species, Silver Birch (T3) - removal of deadwood only, Beech (T4) - crown lift lowest small diameter fine branches, removal of deadwood only (Amended Description)

    Received 15 Jul, published by the council 6 Aug 2026 Trees
  • DM/26/02546/TCA Decided

    Walkway The Riverwalk Millburngate Durham DH1 4SL

    Lime x8 - pollard to previously reduced points leaving stems at 7m. (amended proposal)

    Received 22 Sep, published by the council 25 Sep 2026 Trees
  • DM/26/02319/TPO Granted

    5 Almoners Barn Durham DH1 3TZ

    Works to protected trees (PN1-319) as outlined in the 'Health and Condition Tree Report' dated 2nd September 2026

    Received 2 Sep, published by the council 10 Sep 2026 Trees
  • DM/26/02412/TPO Granted

    Brooklands 23A North Lodge Chester-le-Street DH3 4BA

    T1- sycamore - fell close to ground level as possible and T2 - birch - fell close to ground level

    Received 10 Sep, published by the council 15 Sep 2026 Trees
  • DM/26/02523/TCA Decided

    Travel Lodge Station Lane Gilesgate Durham DH1 1LJ

    15 self set whitebeam trees that need to be cut down to ground level as they are completely blocking the windows on the rear of the building

    Received 21 Sep, published by the council 25 Sep 2026 Trees