Land At Shittlehope Burn Farm Stanhope DL13 2YL

1. 22 Oct 2026

   Received by County Durham

2. 23 Oct 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 28 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 18 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 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.

• Shittlehopeburn Farm Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2YL

  DM/26/02586/DRC Submitted 25 Sep 2026 50 yards away

  Discharge of Condition 10 (Acoustic Report) pursuant to planning approval DM/15/00373/OUT

  Granted

• Shittlehopeburn Farm Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2YL

  DM/25/02113/DRC Submitted 31 Jul 2025 50 yards away

  Discharge of conditions 7 (Low Carbon), 10 (Acoustic Report) and 11 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation) pursuant to planning approval DM/15/00373/OUT

  Granted Conditions 3 docs

• Shittlehopeburn Farm Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2YL

  DM/25/02696/DRC Submitted 26 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  Discharge of Conditions 4 (Drainage) and 6 (Highways Access) pursuant to planning approval DM/15/00373/OUT

  Granted Conditions 2 docs

• Site Of Former Builders Yard South Of Shittlehopeburn Farm Stanhope DL13 2YL

  DM/23/01670/VOC Submitted 1 Jun 2023 50 yards away

  Variation of conditions 2 (approved plans) and 9 (finished floor levels) of DM/21/03493/VOC to lower finished floor levels of the buildings

  Refused Amendments 10 docs

• Shittlehopeburn Farm Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2YL

  DM/25/02850/NMA Submitted 9 Oct 2025 100 yards away

  Non material amendment to planning approval DM/21/02654/RM to alter the walling material on Plots 1-22 and erect a sub-station

  Granted Amendments 15 docs

• Shittlehopeburn Farm Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2YL

  DM/21/02654/RM Submitted 21 Jul 2021 100 yards away

  Approval of reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) of planning permission DM/15/00373/OUT

  Granted Reserved matters 61 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