Dene Villa Willow Tree Avenue Shincliffe Durham DH1 2PA Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/00700/TCA - Trees in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T2 - Reduce conifer by 2meters, T3 - Reduce conifer by 2meters, T4 - Reduce Ceder all over reduction Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Mar 2026
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Consultation
19 Mar 2026
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Approved
23 Apr 2026

Approved on 23 Apr 2026 · TPO/S211 (No objection) · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 1

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF S211 Delegated Report · 8 Apr 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 7

Green belt: Tyne and Wear
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Shincliffe conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £625,000 in August 2018. Detached house, freehold.

3 August 2018£625,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Durham
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Postcode
DH1 2PA
Received
18 Mar 2026
Validated
18 Mar 2026
Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
Parish
Shincliffe
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Apr 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
23 Apr 2026
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Applicant
Show
Agent
T.C Tree Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, about the council's usual 34 days. Approved, as 91% of tree and landscaping works here are.

95%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
340decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Durham in the last twelve months, from validation. Durham decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14791549
Planning Portal ref
PP-14791549
Consultation
19 Mar 2026
Comments by
9 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
29 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

17 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2019 Approved
Discharge of condition 3 (Materials) in pursuant to planning permission DM/18/02981/FPA
DRC/19/00006
2018 Approved
Alteration to existing access, re building of existing access steps to front and felling…
DM/18/02981/FPA
Within ~100m

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Durham
Planning Authority Score
5.2/10
Average
#137 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Durham ranks #190 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 48% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Durham decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #52 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #29 of 296
59%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #190 of 296
48%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #213 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
95 decided (1-9 homes)
90%
Major dwellings approved
49 decided (10+ homes)
87%
Change of use approved
201 decided
1,706
Total decisions
113 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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