Planning application
Castle View Church Street Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AQ
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Beech - Prune larger limbs and reduce overall spread & height by 4 metres to reduce weight and sail of crown
As published by the council, reference DM/26/02141/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/02141/TCA
- Category
- Trees
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 14 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 20 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Sedgefield
- Parish
- Bishop Middleham
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DL17 9AQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/25/02363/TCA Granted
Castle View Church Street Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AQ
T1 - Willow - remove dead wood and reduce size and spread of crown by 2-3m to reduce imbalance and asymmetry, T2 - Weeping Ash - remove all dead wood, T3 - Sycamore - remove 2no rubbing branch and dead wood, T4 - Beech - crown lift and dead wood, T5 - Sycamore - dead wood and crown lift off pond area, T6 - Sycamore - dead wood and remove large hanger, G1 - dead wood, lateral prune of higher branches and crown lift off road side plus clearing of windthrown Horse Chestnut - T7 and T8 - Cherry - pruning of snapped limb (amended description)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Aug 2026
Received by County Durham
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20 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 15 October 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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, registered in Co Durham
26 applications on PlanIndex · across 7 councils · 86% granted
Trade members see who it is, their full track record, and every application they have filed.
See who's behind itDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
- AGENT EMAIL RE TREE SPECIES
- TREE PHOTO 5
- TREE PHOTO 1
- TREE PHOTO 2
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- TREE LOCATION
- TREE PHOTO 3
- TREE PHOTO 4
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Castle View Church Street Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AQ
T1 - Willow - remove dead wood and reduce size and spread of crown by 2-3m to reduce imbalance and asymmetry, T2 - Weeping Ash - remove all dead wood, T3 - Sycamore - remove 2no rubbing branch and dead wood, T4 - Beech - crown lift and dead wood, T5 - Sycamore - dead wood and crown lift off pond area, T6 - Sycamore - dead wood and remove large hanger, G1 - dead wood, lateral prune of higher branches and crown lift off road side plus clearing of windthrown Horse Chestnut - T7 and T8 - Cherry - pruning of snapped limb (amended description)
Granted Trees 4 docs -
32 Church Street Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AF
Horse Chestnut (T1) - crown reduce 2.5m and crown lift 3-4m, Ash (T2) - address fungus disease
Granted Trees 4 docs -
Solace House 13 Church Street Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AF
92% historically approved · decision due ~26 Jun
Solace House Bishop Middleham Tree Preservation Order 2026
Awaiting decision Trees -
Solace House 13 Church Street Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AF
Removal of a large sycamore tree
Decided Trees 9 docs -
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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/26/02316/TPO Awaiting decision
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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.