Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

Land To The North East Of 7 Whinney Hill Durham DH1 3BG

Granted County Durham DM/26/00380/TCA Trees in a Conservation Area

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

T1 - Copper Beech - Install cobra bracing and light thin of outer canopy by 15% to allow air to flow through with ease (historical storm damage with visible stem fracture, previous reduction works carried out)

As published by the council, reference DM/26/00380/TCA

Application record

Reference
DM/26/00380/TCA
Type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Status
Decided
Decision
Raise No Objection
Received
17 Feb 2026
Validated
17 Feb 2026
Decided
26 Mar 2026
Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
Parish
City Of Durham
Decision by
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Postcode
DH1 3BG

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Feb 2026

    Received by County Durham

  2. 26 Mar 2026

    Decision issued: Raise No Objection

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Premier Tree Services Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Peterlee

Active · incorporated 2004 · Peterlee

28 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 100% 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 record

Documents

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 documents

What this grant of permission means

County Durham granted permission on 26 March 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

  • 19 Illingworth Grove Durham DH1 3BL

    DM/25/02187/HPN Submitted 5 Aug 2025 56m away

    92% historically approved · decision due ~1 Oct

    Rear extension with a projection of 4m, overall height of 4m and height to the eaves of 2.5m

    Awaiting decision Prior approval Extension 5 docs

  • 38 Illingworth Grove Durham DH1 3BL

    DM/25/03367/TCA Submitted 2 Dec 2025 76m away

    T1 Oak - Reduce canopy extending over garden by 2m, to include the pruning of light, pendulous growth in the lower tree crown: eg shortening or removal of secondary branches under 50/75mm diameter, not main structural branches over this size. Remove visible deadwood as required, pruning back to sound wood or appropriate branch junction/s (Amended proposal)

    Granted Trees 6 docs

  • 75 Whinney Hill Durham DH1 3BG

    DRC/21/00168 Submitted 20 May 2021 79m away

    Discharge of condition 3 of appeal decision APP/X1355/D/20/3258480 relating to materials.

    Granted Conditions 1 doc

  • Land West Of Plot 75 (76 Illingworth Grove) Durham DH1 3BL

    DM/21/00886/TCA Submitted 15 Mar 2021 130m away

    Fell 1no. Scoth Pine Tree (identified as T31 on the accompanying Tree Survey Plan)

    Granted Trees 1 doc

  • 76 Illingworth Grove Durham DH1 3BL

    DM/25/02306/FPA Submitted 20 Aug 2025 134m away

    Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a 4-bedroom small House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4).

    Withdrawn Full applications 15 docs
    Domestic

  • 12 The Hallgarth Durham DH1 3BJ

    DM/24/01807/DRC Submitted 3 Jul 2024 162m away

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Sound Proofing) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/02118/FPA

    Granted Conditions 4 docs

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

    15 Sep 2026 Trees
  • DM/26/02462/TPO Awaiting decision

    89 Highfield Rise Chester-le-Street DH3 3UY

    T1 Sycamore - Reduce and reshape by 2m

    15 Sep 2026 Trees
  • DM/26/02297/TCA Decided

    Land To The South Of 7 Leazes Place Durham DH1 1RE

    Felling and removal of 7no Leylandii

    1 Sep 2026 Trees
  • 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

    11 Aug 2026 Trees
  • DM/26/02108/TCA Granted

    Land At The North Of Wharton Park North Road Durham DH1 4RS

    Sycamore (T1) - felling and removal

    11 Aug 2026 Trees