Highgate House Flass Vale Durham DH1 4BN

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.

• DM/26/00180/FPA Granted

  Highgate House Flass Vale Durham DH1 4BN

  Proposed door and window replacement

  Decided 26 Mar 2026 Full applications
• DM/24/03096/FPA Granted

  Highgate House Flass Vale Durham DH1 4BN

  Single-storey garden room extension to the rear, external alterations including wider openings & re-cladding to rear projection

  Decided 20 Jan 2025 Full applications

1. 2 Sep 2026

   Received by County Durham

2. 3 Sep 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 10 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 29 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 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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.

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.

• Highgate House Flass Vale Durham DH1 4BN

  DM/24/03096/FPA Submitted 14 Nov 2024 50 yards away

  Single-storey garden room extension to the rear, external alterations including wider openings & re-cladding to rear projection

  Granted Full applications Extension 12 docs
  Small domestic

• Highgate House Flass Vale Durham DH1 4BN

  DM/26/00180/FPA Submitted 23 Jan 2026 50 yards away

  Proposed door and window replacement

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 8 docs

• Durham House Flass Vale Durham DH1 4BN

  DM/21/02157/TCA Submitted 15 Jun 2021 50 yards away

  Various works to 6no. Sycamores (T1, G3, G4, T5, T8 + T9), 1no. Beech (T2), 1no. Oak (T6) and 1 no. Birch (T7)

  Granted Trees

• 8 The Bowers Durham DH1 4EH

  DM/21/00981/TPO Submitted 22 Mar 2021 50 yards away

  Fell 2no. Willow trees

  Withdrawn Trees 4 docs

• 7 The Bowers Durham DH1 4EH

  DM/25/01635/TCA Submitted 18 Jun 2025 50 yards away

  Pollard Willow (T1) leaving stem at height of 2m.

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• 15 The Bowers Durham DH1 4EH

  DM/26/00435/FPA Submitted 23 Feb 2026 100 yards away

  Additional garage alongside existing to be built over existing allocated parking space

  Granted Full applications 10 docs

• DM/26/02619/TCA Decided

  Kings Head Hotel Station Road Lanchester Durham DH7 0EX

  Large previous fallen limb from a willow tree to be removed - Section 211 notice

  Received 29 Sep, published by the council 1 Oct 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02520/TPO Granted

  The Vicarage 3 Parsons Lonnen Barnard Castle DL12 8ST

  T1 sycamore tree - Crown reduction 2 metres of the height and 1.5 metres of the side branches - TPO-TDC-2-2005

  Received 21 Sep, published by the council 25 Sep 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02409/TPO Granted

  3 New Park Lane Crook DL15 9BA

  Reduce crown by 2-3 metres and reshape/remove all deadwood and storm damaged limbs, sever and remove Ivy (the larger of the 2 Ash trees) - TPO- CWUDC-1-1973

  Received 10 Sep, published by the council 25 Sep 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02501/TPO Granted

  26 Broadwood View Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0RY

  The proposed works comprise a crown reduction of approximately 1.5m in height and spread, together with the removal of deadwood, to two whitebeam trees located at the front of the garden adjacent to the road.

  Received 18 Sep, published by the council 29 Sep 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02572/TPO Granted

  33 Tollgate Road Hamsterley Mill Rowlands Gill NE39 1HF

  Holly tree(s) x 3 - crown reduction by 25%; Hawthorn tree reduction by 25% (TPO DER-066)

  Received 24 Sep, published by the council 1 Oct 2026 Trees