Planning application
Durham School Quarryheads Lane Durham DH1 4SZ
Works: Trees Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1. Cherry - crown lift to 3.5m, prune back to the edge of the boundary wall (approx. 2m) and removal of limb that overhangs adjacent Laurel
As published by the council, reference DM/26/02033/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/02033/TCA
- Category
- Trees
- Status
- Pending Decision
- Received
- 4 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 4 Aug 2026
- Postcode
- DH1 4SZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Aug 2026
Received by County Durham
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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20 Aug 2026
Status changed to Pending Decision
Previously Pending Consideration.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 29 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
The process from here
This application is with County Durham for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.
The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Durham School Quarryheads Lane Durham DH1 4SZ
Various works to trees (T1 to T239) including crown lifting, thinning and felling (a full detailed schedule of works is contained within Olivers Tree Report dated 4 June 2024).
Granted Trees 5 docs -
Durham School Quarryheads Lane Durham DH1 4SZ
Willow Tree - Reduce overhanging branches by 4m (growing in to neighbouring property and branches touching house)
Granted Trees 5 docs -
The Cloisters 9 Pimlico Durham DH1 4QW
92% historically approved · decision due ~12 Aug
Sycamore (T1) and Willow (T2) - reduce height and width and reshape by 20% (Amended Description)
Decided Trees -
Durham School Quarryheads Lane Durham DH1 4SZ
Various tree works as outlined in the 'Arboricultural Statement' submitted 17th February 2026
Granted Trees 5 docs -
Portland House South Street Durham DH1 4QP
Ash - Fell due to ash dieback (South-Western boundary adjacent to Trinity Hall)
Granted Trees 6 docs -
Poole House Pimlico Durham DH1 4QW
Prune trees around x5 lamp posts by 2.5m either side and back by 1m
Granted Trees 4 docs
Other trees 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.