Brook House Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QB

This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 1 refused.

• DM/25/01972/TPO Refused

  Brook House Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QB

  Large Weeping Willow Tree overhanging the B6277. Proposal is to reduce the overhang back to the original trunk of the tree

  Decided 18 Sep 2025 Trees
• DM/21/03896/LB Granted

  Brook House Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QB

  Replace 3 No External doors

  Decided 10 May 2022 Heritage and listed buildings

1. 27 Oct 2026

   Received by County Durham

2. 28 Oct 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 29 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 23 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.

• Cotherstone Primary School Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QB

  DM/21/02260/TCA Submitted 23 Jun 2021 50 yards away

  Reduce height up to 1.5m to G1. Holly, Hawthorn and Elder to hedging on right hand boundary

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• Poplar Cottage Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QB

  DM/21/02551/TCA Submitted 12 Jul 2021 50 yards away

  Fell T1. Sycamore

  Granted Trees 1 doc

• Land To The North East Of Cotherstone Primary School Cotherstone DL12 9QB

  DM/24/01840/TCA Submitted 5 Jul 2024 50 yards away

  Remove 5 No. branches to 2 No Sycamore trees to facilitate utilities works

  Decided Trees 7 docs

• Bag End Demesne Lane Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9PQ

  DM/21/03055/TCA Submitted 1 Sep 2021 50 yards away

  Prune branches up to 1m to T1. Yew tree

  Granted Trees 8 docs

• The Limes Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9PG

  DM/21/02759/TCA Submitted 3 Aug 2021 50 yards away

  Fell T1. Cherry, Fell T2. Conifer, Reduce and reshape up to 20% to T3. and T4. Yews, Gain 3m Clearance from BT cable to G1. Beech and Yew, Fell T5. Conifer, Fell T6. Holly, Reduce up to 20% to T7 Yews, Reduce and thin trunk to T8. Conifer

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• Brook Lea Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9PQ

  DM/23/00217/FPA Submitted 30 Jan 2023 100 yards away

  Conversion of garage to form a self-contained, ancillary accommodation (resubmission)

  Withdrawn Full applications 17 docs

• 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
• DM/26/02877/TCA Awaiting decision

  Lanchester Primary School Front Street Lanchester Durham DH7 0HU

  T1 - Common ash - Remove deadwood T2 - Common ash - Fell to ground level. G2 Common ash - group (3 trees) - Remove 1 heavily leaning ash to ground level. Remove deadwood from the other 2 trees. Works updated by client instruction. G3 Mixed broadleaves - group - Monolith / fell the 3 trees marked with orange paint. Priority 1. Individual positions not shown. T3 - Wild cherry - Fell to ground level. T4 - Rowan - Fell to ground level. T5 - Common ash - Remove deadwood T6 - Common ash - Fell to ground level. T7 - Sycamore - Remove deadwood. T8 - Common ash - Remove deadwood. T9 - Dead ash (boundary) - Remove to ground level. Section 211 notice

  Received 27 Oct, published by the council 29 Oct 2026 Trees
• DM/26/02295/TPO Refused

  Shotley Cottage 28 Snows Green Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0HA

  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

  Received 1 Sep, published by the council 3 Sep 2026 Trees