West Chapel Durham Road Blackhill Consett DH8 5TF

1. 17 Sep 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 15 Oct 2025

   Decision issued: Raise No Objection

3. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

County Durham granted permission on 15 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.

• 36 Laburnum Avenue Blackhill Consett DH8 5TD

  DM/26/02889/FPA Submitted 28 Oct 2026 100 yards away

  93% historically approved · decision due ~24 Dec

  Proposed installation of a personnel door to the Dixon Street facade, cladding to the facade of Dixon Street (East Elevation) and installation of four new windows in the North elevation of the warehouse.

  Awaiting decision Windows or glazing

• The Cricketers 66 Durham Road Blackhill Consett DH8 5TH

  DM/22/02994/FPA Submitted 11 Oct 2022 100 yards away

  Erection of single storey double garage and external staircase to rear (both serving upper floor residential flat)

  Granted Full applications 16 docs
  Small domestic

• Lynton Lodge St Aidans Place Blackhill Consett DH8 5SU

  DM/21/02813/TCA Submitted 6 Aug 2021 150 yards away

  Beech - remove limb that is overhanging property, also overall reduction by 25% and thinning of any crossing branches in the crown. Poplar- to be Pollarded - (Section 211 notice)

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• 2 Laburnum Avenue Blackhill Consett DH8 5TB

  DM/23/00419/TPO Submitted 13 Feb 2023 150 yards away

  Removal of 1 medium sized limb overhanging the public footpath. Removal of 2 x smaller limbs overhanging into 4 Laburnum Avenue.

  Split decision Trees 8 docs

• Lynton Lodge St Aidans Place Blackhill Consett DH8 5SU

  DM/21/00242/TCA Submitted 26 Jan 2021 150 yards away

  Felling of one Beech tree (1) and one Black Poplar (2) - Section 211 notice

  Withdrawn Trees 1 doc

• St Aidans Church Laburnum Avenue Blackhill Consett DH8 5ST

  DM/25/03428/TPO Submitted 9 Dec 2025 200 yards away

  T 0686 (Ash) - Dead tree adjacent to highway - Fell. T0688 (Wych Elm) - Fell. T 0689 (Sycamore) - Reduce North side of crown to allow scaffolding erection, prune only epicormic growth and secondary branches less than 50mm in diamater to achieve required clearance. T 0690 (Ash) - Fell. T 0691 (Sycamore) - Reduce North side of crown to allow scaffolding erection, prune only epicormic growth and secondary branches less than 50mm in diamater to achieve required clearance. T 0692 (Ash) & T 0693 (Ash) - Fell. T 0694 - Prune crown branches from neighbouring property by 2m maintaining natural balanced form. Small diameter self-sown trees located around the footprint of the building to be removed and stumps treated to prevent re-growth. Sever Ivy and remove deadwood and epicormic growth as required - Section 211 notice.

  Granted Trees 8 docs

• 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