DM/25/02932/TCA

1. 17 Oct 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 20 Oct 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 17 Nov 2025

   Decision issued: Raise No Objection

4. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.

More on trees applications in our guide

• DM/25/02639/TCA Granted

  Whorlton House Whorlton Barnard Castle DL12 8XQ

  Tree works to allow clearance above highway. T1 - Holly - shorten back growth on west side by max 1.5m T2 - Norway Maple - shorten growth west side lower crown by max 1.5m T3 - Beech - shorten growth on west side lower crown by max 1.5m - Section 211 notice

  22 Sep 2025 74m away Trees
• DM/21/01713/TCA Granted

  Coach House Whorlton Barnard Castle DL12 8XQ

  Reduce up to 30% to T1. Cypress, Reduce up to 30% to T2. Hawthorn, Reduce up to 50% to T3. Willow and Crown reduction up to 6m and removal of major leader to T4. Ash

  12 May 2021 126m away Trees
• DM/25/03177/TCA Granted

  Whorlton Croft Cottage Whorlton Barnard Castle DL12 8XD

  T1 - Ash - Fell T2 - Silver birch - Reduced 3M T3 - Silver Birch - Fell

  11 Nov 2025 146m away Trees
• DM/26/00606/FPA Awaiting decision

  Woodbine Cottage Whorlton Barnard Castle DL12 8XG

  Single storey extension (Retrospective)

  10 Mar 2026 155m away Full applications
• DM/25/03091/TCA Granted

  Whorlton Hall Hospital Whorlton Barnard Castle DL12 8XQ

  Felling of self-seeded goat willow tree.

  3 Nov 2025 158m away Trees
• DM/26/01273/TCA Granted

  Land To The South East Of Manor Cottage Whorlton DL12 8XG

  Removal of Oak T1

  18 May 2026 309m away Trees

• DM/26/01821/TCA Awaiting decision

  11 St Marys Close Shincliffe Durham DH1 2ND

  Holly (T1) - felling and removal

  15 Jul 2026 Trees
• DM/26/01817/TCA Awaiting decision

  10 Thorngate Barnard Castle DL12 8PY

  Pear (T1) - remove to ground level

  14 Jul 2026 Trees
• DM/26/01798/TPO Awaiting decision

  40 Woodburn Tanfield Lea Stanley DH9 9UR

  Crown reduce and reshape by 2-3m of one Ash tree within rear garden. - TPO-DER-016

  13 Jul 2026 Trees
• TPO/436/2026 Awaiting decision

  Land West Of Queens Head Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3BJ

  Land West Of Queens Head Chester le Street Tree Preservation Order

  13 Jul 2026 Trees
• DM/26/01201/TPO Granted

  Zen Bar Court Lane Durham DH1 3JS

  T1 - Sycamore - Fell to ground level

  12 May 2026 Trees