Thorntree House Beamishburn Road Beamish Stanley DH9 0RN

1. 1 Sep 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. 29 Sep 2026

   Status changed to Pending Decision

   Previously Pending Consideration.

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 27 October 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 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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.

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.

• Black Horse Red Row Beamish Stanley DH9 0RW

  DM/25/02676/FPA Submitted 25 Sep 2025 250 yards away

  93% historically approved · decision due ~21 Nov

  Permanent retention of Wedding Marquee as approved under consent DM/19/00363/FPA

  Awaiting decision Full applications 16 docs

• Land South Of Causey Mill Picnic Area Beamishburn Road Beamish DH9 0RW

  DM/21/04266/FPA Submitted 21 Dec 2021 250 yards away

  Erection of 1 no. Dwelling House

  Withdrawn Full applications 49 docs
  Domestic

• Beamish Burn Farm Beamishburn Road Beamish Stanley DH9 0RR

  DM/21/01547/TCA Submitted 29 Apr 2021 0.3 miles away

  Felling of fifteen Poplar trees and four dead trees (Section 211 Notice)

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• Beamish Burn Cottage Beamishburn Road Beamish Stanley DH9 0RR

  DM/26/02853/TCA Submitted 26 Oct 2026 0.3 miles away

  92% historically approved · decision due ~21 Dec

  Reduce full canopy leaving scaffold branches, removal of branches that overhang the roof of Coppy Lodge - Section 211 notice

  Awaiting decision Trees

• DM/26/02877/TCA Decided

  Lanchester Primary School Front Street Lanchester Durham DH7 0HU

  T1 - Common ash - Remove deadwood T2 - Common ash - Fell to ground level. G2 Common ash - group (3 trees) - Remove 1 heavily leaning ash to ground level. Remove deadwood from the other 2 trees. Works updated by client instruction. G3 Mixed broadleaves - group - Monolith / fell the 3 trees marked with orange paint. Priority 1. Individual positions not shown. T3 - Wild cherry - Fell to ground level. T4 - Rowan - Fell to ground level. T5 - Common ash - Remove deadwood T6 - Common ash - Fell to ground level. T7 - Sycamore - Remove deadwood. T8 - Common ash - Remove deadwood. T9 - Dead ash (boundary) - Remove to ground level. Section 211 notice

  Received 27 Oct, published by the council 29 Oct 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02608/TCA Decided

  6 Darley Court Plawsworth Chester-le-street DH2 3LQ

  T1 Cherry - crown reduce and reshape by 3m T2 Cherry - crown reduce and reshape by 2m

  Received 28 Sep, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02955/TCA Awaiting decision

  Linden Lodge Cadger Bank Lanchester Durham DH7 0HB

  T1 - Lime - Crown Reduction by 25%, reduce the overall height by 4 metres and reshaping the lateral crown spread by1-2 metres maintaining a balanced and natural crown shape. T2 & T3 Lime - Crown Reduction by 25%, reducing the overall height of both trees by 3-4 metres (25%), and reducing the lateral crown spread by 1-2 metres maintaining a balanced and natural crown shape. Section 211 notice

  Received 3 Nov, published by the council 5 Nov 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02956/TCA Awaiting decision

  Durham Sixth Form Centre The Sands Durham DH1 1SG

  Cherry - fell as close to current ground level as practical, Poplar - remove broken/hanging limb

  Received 3 Nov, published by the council 4 Nov 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02559/TCA Decided

  1 Parklands Court Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4TQ

  Fell Sycamore tree to rear

  Received 23 Sep, published by the council 1 Oct 2026 Trees