Planning application
Caselaw Gilesgate Durham DH1 1JA
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
1. Copper Beech - crown lift to 3m 2. Ash - crown reduce/reshape by 3-4m and remove the epicormic growth from the main stem to a height of 5m
As published by the council, reference DM/26/02017/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/02017/TCA
- Category
- Trees
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 3 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 3 Aug 2026
- Postcode
- DH1 1JA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Aug 2026
Received by County Durham
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
County Durham took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
What happens while it is decided
This application is with County Durham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year County Durham decided tree works applications in a median of 37 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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Prune to create central opening between trees approximately 3 metres wide to 3no. Apple (1), cut to ground level 1no. Apple (2), reduce length of long low branch by 3m to 1no. Cherry (3), reduce height by approx. 2m and reshape remaining crown to balance by removing approximately 1m all around to 1no. Plum (5) and crown lift to approx. 3m over lawn and prune to clear plum (T5) by 2m to 1no. Holly (6)
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Other tree works applications
In County Durham
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DM/26/02346/TCA Awaiting decision
Devonshire House Nursing Home 10 - 11 Front Street West Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9HW
1. Birch - reduce and reshape 2-2.5m
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DM/26/02323/TCA Awaiting decision
10 Ramside Park Carrville Durham DH1 1NS
T1, T2, and T3. Sycamore - fell T4. Paper Birch - Crown reduction by a maximum of 2m in vertical height and 1.5m in lateral spread. Crown thin by 15% to remove dead, diseased, and crossing branches T5. Sycamore - fell
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DM/26/02322/TCA Awaiting decision
Durham University Palace Green Durham DH1 3RL
T1. Conifer - fell
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DM/26/02316/TPO Awaiting decision
2 The Larches Town Head Middleton-in-teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0SB
T1 Sycamore (TPO Tree) - Crown reduction of approximately 1.5m to upper crown and lateral spreads - TPO-TDC-2-2009 T2 Sycamore (TCA Tree) - Crown reduction of approximately 2.5m to upper crown and lateral spreads. - Section 211 notice.
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DM/26/02314/TPO Awaiting decision
9 Loweswater Avenue Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH2 3HJ
T1 (Tag No: 501) Goat Willow - Reduce overhang off fence line by 1.5 metres (no branches bigger than 50mm in diameter). T2 (Tag No:502) Elm - Reduce overhang off fence line by 2metres (none bigger than 75mm in diameter). T3 (Tag No:503) Goat Willow - Reduce overhanging branches off fence by 1 metre (none bigger than 75mm in diameter). T4 (Tag No: 504) Goat Willow - Reduce overhanging branches off fence by 1 metre (none bigger than 75mm in diameter). T5 (Tag No: 505) Goat Willow - Reduce overhanging branches off fence by 1 metre (none bigger than 75mm in diameter). T6 (Tag No: 506) Goat Willow - Reduce overhanging branches off fence by 1 metre (none bigger than 75mm in diameter). T7 (Tag No: 507) Oak - Shorten 2no limbs by3.5 metres off fence (100mm diameter) T8 (Tag No: 508) Elm - Remove branch from base of tree 110mm in diameter. Reduce 2no branches off fence line by 3 metres.