Planning application
12 St Bedes Court Lanchester Durham DH7 0RX
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Oak tree central to rear garden (T5). crown lift and balance of approximately 12m. 30% crown reduction to also remove the top of the tree where it has split, removal of dead wood. - TPO- DER-102
As published by the council, reference DM/25/01996/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/01996/TPO
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 22 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 23 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Lanchester And Burnhope
- Parish
- Lanchester
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH7 0RX
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/26/00197/TPO Granted
12 St Bedes Court Lanchester Durham DH7 0RX
Large oak tree central to rear garden (T5). Previous application expired (DM/25/01996/TPO), this application to renew based on previous allowed works including: Pruning, shortening or removal of secondary branches under 50/75mm diameter, not main structural branches over this size. Remove visible deadwood as required, pruning back to sound wood or appropriate branch junction/s.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jul 2025
Received by County Durham
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23 Jul 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 17 September 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
County Durham took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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DM/26/00197/TPO Granted
12 St Bedes Court Lanchester Durham DH7 0RX
Large oak tree central to rear garden (T5). Previous application expired (DM/25/01996/TPO), this application to renew based on previous allowed works including: Pruning, shortening or removal of secondary branches under 50/75mm diameter, not main structural branches over this size. Remove visible deadwood as required, pruning back to sound wood or appropriate branch junction/s.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 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 documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with County Durham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year County Durham decided tree works applications in a median of 36 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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