Planning application
Copthorne 1 Wear View Durham DH1 1LW
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
1. Conifer - trim back as far as practical over the drive without cutting into the brown wood 2. Willow - reduce the height by 2m 3. Conifer - fell as close to current ground level as practical 5. Birch x2 - prune to clear the overhead service cable by 0.5m 6. Rowan - prune to clear the overhead service cable by 0.5m
As published by the council, reference DM/26/02711/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/02711/TCA
- Category
- Trees
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 8 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 8 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
- Parish
- City Of Durham
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH1 1LW
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/25/03459/TCA Granted
Copthorne 1 Wear View Durham DH1 1LW
1. Laurel: fell as close to current ground level as practical 2. Conifer x2: trim to tidy 3. Conifer: trim to tidy 4. Spruce: shorten the three lowest branches growing over the garden by 2m 5. Horse chestnut: crown reduce and reshape by 2m 6. Birch: prune to clear the overhead service cable by 0.5m
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DM/24/02364/TCA Granted
Copthorne 1 Wear View Durham DH1 1LW
T1. Birch x 2 - reduce height by 2m T2. Beech - crown reduce and reshape by 1-2m T3. Conifer - reduce height by 1m T4. Conifer - fell T5. Conifer - reduce height by 3-4m T6. Spruce - reduce height by 3-4m
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Oct 2026
Received by County Durham
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14 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 December 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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Olivers Tree Services Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Ferryhill
Active · incorporated 2002 · Ferryhill
450 applications on PlanIndex · across 12 councils · 92% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- ARBORICCULTURAL STATEMENT
- TREE LOCATION PLAN
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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.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
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Willow Bank House 2 Wear View Durham DH1 1LW
T1 (Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp. Niphophila) - Removal of southeast facing limb with the final pruning cut undertaken at its point of origin from the main stem
Granted Trees 6 docs -
Copthorne 1 Wear View Durham DH1 1LW
T1. Birch x 2 - reduce height by 2m T2. Beech - crown reduce and reshape by 1-2m T3. Conifer - reduce height by 1m T4. Conifer - fell T5. Conifer - reduce height by 3-4m T6. Spruce - reduce height by 3-4m
Granted Trees 4 docs -
Copthorne 1 Wear View Durham DH1 1LW
1. Laurel: fell as close to current ground level as practical 2. Conifer x2: trim to tidy 3. Conifer: trim to tidy 4. Spruce: shorten the three lowest branches growing over the garden by 2m 5. Horse chestnut: crown reduce and reshape by 2m 6. Birch: prune to clear the overhead service cable by 0.5m
Granted Trees 4 docs -
Wear View House 3 Wear View Durham DH1 1LW
T1 Silver Birch remove major deadwood and reduce central leader by 1m, T2 Silver Birch crown reduce and reshape by 2m
Granted Trees 2 docs -
4 Kepier Heights Bakehouse Lane Gilesgate Durham DH1 1LN
T1. Prunus Greengage - fell and grind the stump
Granted Trees 6 docs -
49 Wearside Drive Durham DH1 1LE
Fell 1. Cockspur Thorn as close to ground level as practical
Granted Trees 5 docs
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DM/26/02319/TPO Granted
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DM/26/02412/TPO Granted
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T1- sycamore - fell close to ground level as possible and T2 - birch - fell close to ground level
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DM/26/02523/TCA Decided
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