Planning application
Hedgerow Woodsmiths Cottage Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick Crook DL15 0RH
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Removal of combined 12 metres of hedgerow
As published by the council, reference DM/26/01828/HRN
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/01828/HRN
- Type
- Hedgerow Removal Notice
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Raise No Objection
- Received
- 15 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 15 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 26 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Willington And Hunwick
- Parish
- No Parish
- Decision by
- Fast Track
- Postcode
- DL15 0RH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Jul 2026
Received by County Durham
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6 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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26 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Raise No Objection
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Lichfields Agent, registered in Newbury
Active · incorporated 2006 · Newbury
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11 documents on file for this application
- FAST TRACK
- RAISE NO OBJECTION HRN
- ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL NOTE
- AGENT RESPONSE TO LANDSCAPE AND ECOLOGY
- ECOLOGY
- LANDSCAPE
- COVERING LETTER
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL NOTE
- HEDGE REMOVAL LOCATION
- HEDGE REMOVAL PHOTO LOCATION
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 26 August 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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