Land To The West Of 15 To 42 St Giles Close Gilesgate DH1 1XH Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/00555/TCA - Trees in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 Willow - Crown reduce and reshape by 2m Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
5 Mar 2026
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Consultation
9 Mar 2026
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Approved
8 Apr 2026

Approved on 8 Apr 2026 · TPO/S211 (No objection) · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 1

Statements & assessments 1

PDF ARBORICULTURAL STATEMENT Supporting Information · 5 Mar 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 12

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Public footpath about 8 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Durham City 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.
Local nature reserve about 145 m away: Pelaw Woods
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
18 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 133 and 134, Gilesgate, Grade II, about 49 m from the postcode pin · 18 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Green belt about 14 m away: Tyne and Wear; Inside the Durham built-up area; Priority habitat about 14 m away: Deciduous woodland; Air quality management area about 52 m away: Durham County Council Air Quality Management Area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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.

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Important details

Council
Durham
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Postcode
DH1 1XH
Received
5 Mar 2026
Validated
5 Mar 2026
Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
Parish
City Of Durham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Apr 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
8 Apr 2026
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Olivers Tree Services Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 34 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-14755724
Planning Portal ref
PP-14755724
Consultation
9 Mar 2026
Comments by
30 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

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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