Planning application
3 The Old School Billy Row Green Billy Row Crook DL15 9SZ
Works: Trees
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Re-pollarding of three Lime trees - TPO-CWUDC-3-1974
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00352/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00352/TPO
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 12 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 13 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 2 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Crook
- Parish
- No Parish
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DL15 9SZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Feb 2026
Received by County Durham
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13 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Refused
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
- TPO FULL DELEGATED
- REFUSAL TPO
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- ARBORICULTURAL REPORT
- LOCATION PLAN
- APPLICATION FORM
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
County Durham refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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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