Planning application
7 Demesne Court Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AW
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 & T2 Cherry - Undertake pruning works back to previous pruning points. - TPO-CCD-15-2010
As published by the council, reference DM/26/01325/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/01325/TPO
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 26 May 2026
- Validated
- 27 May 2026
- Decided
- 8 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Weardale
- Parish
- Wolsingham
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DL13 3AW
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/21/02594/TPO Granted
7 Demesne Court Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AW
Works to 2 No. Cherry trees protected by a TPO - crown reduction by 2m, crown clean by 10-15% and minor crown raise to 2.5m (T1) and crown reduction by 1-1.5m (T2)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 May 2026
Received by County Durham
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27 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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8 Jul 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: 3/2004/0931
- Application: 3/2005/0085 (Decided)
- Application: 3/TC/2010/0020 (Decided)
- Application: DM/14/01878/TPO (Decided)
- Application: DM/16/02045/TPO (Decided)
- Application: DM/19/02379/TPO (Decided)
- Application: DM/21/02594/TPO (Decided)
- Application: DM/23/02740/TPO (Decided)
Who's behind it
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Batson Groundcare Ltd Agent, registered in Co Durham
Active · incorporated 2002 · Co Durham
43 applications on PlanIndex · across 7 councils · 90% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
- APPROVAL TPO
- TPO
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- VIEW OF TREE 4
- VIEW OF TREE 5
- TREE LOCATIONS
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- VIEW OF TREE 1
- VIEW OF TREE 2
- VIEW OF TREE 3
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 8 July 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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