DM/25/03122/TPO

1. 5 Nov 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 6 Nov 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 19 Dec 2025

   Decision issued: Refused

4. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

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.

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  T1 (Sycamore) - Fell

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  Solace House 13 Church Street Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AF

  Removal of a large sycamore tree

  9 Apr 2026 233m away Trees
• DM/25/02565/CPO Granted

  5 Stoneybeck Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9BL

  Certificate of lawfulness of a proposed development for the partial demolition of existing extension, modification including additional external walls, internal alterations, flat roof construction with sliding doors

  15 Sep 2025 255m away Lawful development
• TPO/433/2026 Awaiting decision

  Solace House 13 Church Street Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AF

  Solace House Bishop Middleham Tree Preservation Order 2026

  1 May 2026 258m away Trees
• DM/25/02037/FPA Awaiting decision

  Land To The North Of 24 Westfield Terrace Bishop Middleham DL17 9BH

  1 no. self build dwelling

  23 Jul 2025 344m away Full applications
• DM/25/02363/TCA Granted

  Castle View Church Street Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AQ

  T1 - Willow - remove dead wood and reduce size and spread of crown by 2-3m to reduce imbalance and asymmetry, T2 - Weeping Ash - remove all dead wood, T3 - Sycamore - remove 2no rubbing branch and dead wood, T4 - Beech - crown lift and dead wood, T5 - Sycamore - dead wood and crown lift off pond area, T6 - Sycamore - dead wood and remove large hanger, G1 - dead wood, lateral prune of higher branches and crown lift off road side plus clearing of windthrown Horse Chestnut - T7 and T8 - Cherry - pruning of snapped limb (amended description)

  26 Aug 2025 430m 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