Planning application
Railway Station Station Approach Durham DH1 4RB
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Multiple tree species (Willow, Poplar, Sycamore) overhanging retaining walls affecting safe passage of coaches/buses in advance of rail replacement service
As published by the council, reference DM/25/02793/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/02793/TCA
- Type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Raise No Objection
- Received
- 6 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 6 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 27 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
- Parish
- City Of Durham
- Decision by
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Postcode
- DH1 4RB
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 5 applications since 2024: 5 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/25/03598/AD Granted
Railway Station Station Approach Durham DH1 4RB
Vinyl signage added above ATM
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DM/25/03529/DRC Granted
Railway Station Station Approach Durham DH1 4RB
Discharge of condition 3 (Lighting specification) pursuant to Listed Building Consent DM/24/02768/LB
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DM/25/03132/LB Granted
Railway Station Station Approach Durham DH1 4RB
Installation of new passenger help points to Durham Railway Station, cable management and provision of power and data supplies to the western entrance to platform 1, and to the north elevation of the platform 2 entrance.
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DM/24/02817/LB Granted
Railway Station Station Approach Durham DH1 4RB
The installation of the 2no. new passenger help points to the LNER managed station involving cable management
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Oct 2025
Received by County Durham
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27 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Raise No Objection
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 27 November 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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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
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DM/26/02608/TCA Decided
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T1 Cherry - crown reduce and reshape by 3m T2 Cherry - crown reduce and reshape by 2m
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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
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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
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DM/26/02559/TCA Decided
1 Parklands Court Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4TQ
Fell Sycamore tree to rear