Planning application
Shotley Cottage 28 Snows Green Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0HA
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Tree 1 - Chestnut- crown reduction and general prune, clearing limbs from close by cables. Tree 2 - Sycamore - crown reduction and general pruning, removal of limbs overhanging cables and highway. - TPO-DER-033H
As published by the council, reference DM/26/02295/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/02295/TPO
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 1 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 2 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Benfieldside
- Parish
- No Parish
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH8 0HA
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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DM/26/02674/TPO Awaiting decision
Shotley Cottage 28 Snows Green Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0HA
1 -Horse Chestnut - Crown thin by 15%, clearing the utility wires as part of the thin. 2 -Sycamore - Remove major deadwood, crown thin by upto 10% to remove minor crossing branches and to improve the form of the tree. TPO-DER-033H
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Sep 2026
Received by County Durham
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2 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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3 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 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 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 1/2013/0554/87452 (Decided)
- Application: DM/16/02795/TPO (Decided)
- Application: DM/19/03720/TPO (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- PHOTO 2 OF 6
- PHOTO 1 OF 6
- PHOTO 5 OF 6
- PHOTO 6 OF 6
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
- PHOTO 4 OF 6
- PHOTO 3 OF 6
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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 36 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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Our Lady Of The Rosary Roman Catholic Church Snows Green Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0HA
#1 large London Plane, dead branches to remove, dead ivy to remove. #2,3,4 small London Planes less than or equal to 75mm to remove, all strangled with ivy. #5 large dead stump covered in ivy to remove #6 small Hawthorn less than 75mm strangled with ivy, to remove #7 small Ash 180-200mm overgrown with ivy overhanging Leading to Terrace road, interferes with larger traffic, close to overhead cables to remove #8 small ash 200-230mm overgrown with ivy, overhanging Leading to Terrace road, to remove #9 large dead overgrown stump to remove #10 90mm London Plane to remove #11 75mm Norway Maple to remove #12 75mm London Plane to remove #13 65mm Norway Maple interfering with church roof, to remove #14 cluster of small, less than 60mm Norway Maple growing close to church roof, to remove - Section 211 notice
Granted Trees 20 docs -
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Shotley Cottage 28 Snows Green Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0HA
92% historically approved · decision due ~2 Dec
1 -Horse Chestnut - Crown thin by 15%, clearing the utility wires as part of the thin. 2 -Sycamore - Remove major deadwood, crown thin by upto 10% to remove minor crossing branches and to improve the form of the tree. TPO-DER-033H
Awaiting decision Trees -
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