Planning application
Sands Cottage The Sands Durham DH1 1JY
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T.1 Beech - Crown reduce and reshape by 4m
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00005/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00005/TCA
- Type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Received
- 2 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 2 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 9 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
- Parish
- City Of Durham
- Decision by
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Postcode
- DH1 1JY
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.
-
DM/23/00460/TCA Granted
Sands Cottage The Sands Durham DH1 1JY
T1. Beech - crown reduce and reshape by 4m
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
2 Jan 2026
Received by County Durham
-
9 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Raise No Objection
-
20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Olivers Tree Services Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Ferryhill
Active · incorporated 2002 · Ferryhill
276 applications on PlanIndex · across 12 councils · 91% granted
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 9 February 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
-
Sands Cottage The Sands Durham DH1 1JY
T1. Beech - crown reduce and reshape by 4m
Granted Trees 5 docs -
Land At Kepier House The Sands Durham DH1 1JY
Discharge of conditions 6 and 14 of DM/16/02285/FPA relating to landscaping and archaeology.
Granted Conditions 1 doc -
5 Wearside Drive Durham DH1 1LE
Removal of 2no. Conifer (marked in red on submitted drawing) to free more garden space to the rear
Granted Trees 3 docs -
18 Wearside Drive Durham DH1 1LE
T1 & T3 (Self-seeded Ash) - Remove T2 & T4 (Laburnam and Apple tree) - Reshape
Granted Trees 5 docs -
6 Wearside Drive Durham DH1 1LE
Works to two trees within a conservation area. T1 - Conifer - remove to ground level. T2 - Birch - to remove.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
4 Ferens Close Durham DH1 1JX
Elders - lop elder trees where they overhang the boundary between 4 Ferens Close and the land behind the Charles Church Sands development, to enable a new fence to be erected.
Granted Trees 2 docsSmall domestic
Other tree works applications
In County Durham
-
DM/26/02453/TCA Awaiting decision
4 Durham Road Brancepeth Durham DH7 8DQ
T1(Ash) Remove to ground level T2(Elm) Remove to ground level T3(Paperback Birch) Crown to Crown reduce in height by 1.5m and reduce sides by 0.5m
-
DM/26/02462/TPO Awaiting decision
89 Highfield Rise Chester-le-Street DH3 3UY
T1 Sycamore - Reduce and reshape by 2m
-
DM/26/02297/TCA Decided
Land To The South Of 7 Leazes Place Durham DH1 1RE
Felling and removal of 7no Leylandii
-
DM/26/02109/TCA Granted
Woodlands Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EB
T1. Wild cherry tree - remove three lower branches T2. Beech tree - remove three lower branches
-
DM/26/02108/TCA Granted
Land At The North Of Wharton Park North Road Durham DH1 4RS
Sycamore (T1) - felling and removal