The Old Barn Grange Cottages Thornley Bishop Auckland DL13 4PA

1. 5 Sep 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 14 Oct 2025

   Decision issued: Raise No Objection

3. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

County Durham granted permission on 14 October 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.

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.

• Oaklea Thornley Tow Law Bishop Auckland DL13 4PA

  TPO/415/2025 Submitted 14 Oct 2025 50 yards away

  92% historically approved · decision due ~9 Dec

  Land adjacent Thornley Village Tree Preservation Order 2025

  Awaiting decision Trees

• 1 Church View Thornley Tow Law Bishop Auckland DL13 4PB

  DRC/21/00178 Submitted 27 May 2021 50 yards away

  Discharge of planning condition 4 (window and door details) pursuant to planning permission DM/20/01578/FPA

  Granted Conditions Windows or glazing

• Thornley Hall Thornley Tow Law Bishop Auckland DL13 4PE

  DM/26/02402/TCA Submitted 9 Sep 2026 150 yards away

  Felling of T1 - Lime tree - Section 211 notice

  Decided Trees 2 docs

• Various Sites Thornley Tow Law Bishop Auckland DL13 4PA

  DM/25/02368/TPO Submitted 26 Aug 2025 200 yards away

  T901 Sycamore - Reduce overall crown by 30% T903 Ash -Monitor for Ash Dieback T904 Ash - Remove limb over track with inonotus leaving 1m stub at pruning point T906 Oak - Prune to remove storm damaged branches over track T910 Ash - Pollard to 5m. Leave as habitat pole T911 Ash - Pollard to 5m. Leave as habitat pole G3 Sycamore x3 - Monitor trees for fungal pathogens T260 Sycamore - Pollard to 6m (leave at habitat pole) G4 Ash x2 - Fell T257 Ash - Pollard co-dominant western stems for 5m T258 Sycamore - Pollard to 6m (leave as habitat pole T259 Sycamore - Remove central crown dieback. Reduce lowest eastern limb to growth point 2m from union with main stem Covered by TPO-097-2018 and TPO/415/2025

  Refused Trees 5 docs

• DM/26/02943/TCA Awaiting decision

  The Hotts Hotts Lane Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland DL13 1HB

  T1 Sycamore - 2 metre crown reduction. T2 Alder - Pollard due to declining crown. T3 Sycamore - Shorten long heavy branch over building by up to 4 metres. - Section 211 notice

  Received 2 Nov, published by the council 4 Nov 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02941/TCA Awaiting decision

  1 Greenfields Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9PX

  T1 - Silver Birch - crown reduction of up to, but not exceeding, 2 metres. - Section 211 notice

  Received 2 Nov, published by the council 4 Nov 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02619/TCA Decided

  Kings Head Hotel Station Road Lanchester Durham DH7 0EX

  Large previous fallen limb from a willow tree to be removed - Section 211 notice

  Received 29 Sep, published by the council 1 Oct 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02520/TPO Granted

  The Vicarage 3 Parsons Lonnen Barnard Castle DL12 8ST

  T1 sycamore tree - Crown reduction 2 metres of the height and 1.5 metres of the side branches - TPO-TDC-2-2005

  Received 21 Sep, published by the council 25 Sep 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02409/TPO Granted

  3 New Park Lane Crook DL15 9BA

  Reduce crown by 2-3 metres and reshape/remove all deadwood and storm damaged limbs, sever and remove Ivy (the larger of the 2 Ash trees) - TPO- CWUDC-1-1973

  Received 10 Sep, published by the council 25 Sep 2026 Trees