Planning application
East Durham And Houghall Community College Houghall Durham DH1 3SG
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Pruning works to 3no Prunus sp (T1, T2, T3)
As published by the council, reference DM/25/03158/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/03158/TPO
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 10 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 11 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 15 May 2026
- Ward
- Neville's Cross
- Parish
- City Of Durham
- Decision by
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Postcode
- DH1 3SG
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/26/01391/NMA Granted
East Durham And Houghall Community College Houghall Durham DH1 3SG
Non-material amendments in relation to Condition 2 and 5 of planning permission (ref: DM/24/02710/FPA) (partial demolition, refurbishment and retention of the existing college buildings, and construction of a new two-storey teaching block and ancillary buildings with associated external works, substation, landscaping and access) to allow additional detail and clarification of potential impacts on the existing and retained trees and amendments to teaching block to relocate door and stair tower at roof level and to rotate the canopy with the SEN garden.
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DM/26/00329/NMA Granted
East Durham And Houghall Community College Houghall Durham DH1 3SG
Non-material amendments in relation to Condition 2, 6, 9, 10 of permission ref: DM/24/02710/FPA (new teaching block etc) to realign the boot wash, resulting in a small improvement to the overall biodiversity net gain (BNG) score with grassland created to the east and ornamental hedging around the access to the boot wash.
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DM/25/03161/TPO Granted
East Durham And Houghall Community College Houghall Durham DH1 3SG
Felling and removal of 7no mature Ash (G1)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Nov 2025
Received by County Durham
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11 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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15 May 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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20 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
East Durham College Agent
2 applications on PlanIndex
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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 15 May 2026, 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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