Planning application
Allotment Gardens High Town Westgate DL13 1JR
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
7. Ash - prune to clear the adjacent building by 2m, 8. Willow - pollard leaving the stem at 1.5m in height - Section 211 notice
As published by the council, reference DM/25/02267/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/02267/TCA
- Type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Raise No Objection
- Received
- 15 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 15 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 26 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Weardale
- Parish
- Stanhope
- Decision by
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Postcode
- DL13 1JR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Aug 2025
Received by County Durham
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26 Sep 2025
Decision issued: Raise No Objection
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20 Jul 2026
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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
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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 26 September 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.
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