Planning application
Land To The Rear Of 3 Boste Crescent Old Dryburn Way Durham DH1 5SE
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
G2 (Sycamore) - Remove deadwood including dead stems, T3 (Pedunculate Oak) - Remove deadwood on east side of crown, T4, T5, T6, T7, T10 and T17 (Pedunculate Oak) - Remove deadwood where firmly attached stubs up to 2 metres long and over 10cm in diameter left within the trees crown, T8 and T9 (Pedunculate Oak) - Remove deadwood where firmly attached stubs up to 2 metres long and over 10cm in diameter left within the trees crown, target prune back from south side, reduce crown over footpath by up to 3 metres, T13 (Pedunculate Oak) - Reduce dead wood up to 4m etres over footpath, remove ivy up to 5 metres, clearance of main fork, unions and old fracture point at 5 metres, cut back branch ends from nursery to leave 2 metres clearance and S21 (Contoneaster x watereri) - Cut back from substation roof to leave 0.5 metre clearance.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00525/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00525/TPO
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 3 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 4 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 15 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Framwellgate And Newton Hall
- Parish
- City Of Durham
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH1 5SE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Mar 2026
Received by County Durham
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4 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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15 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 4/13/00574/TPO (Decided)
- Application: DM/20/00686/TPO (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
- APPROVAL TPO
- TPO REPORT
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- APPLICATION FORM (NO PERSONAL DATA)
- ARBORICULTURAL CONDITION REPORT
- SITE PLAN SHOWING LOCATION OF TREES
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 15 April 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
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