Riftswood, Main Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE13 8BL Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1070/01/TPO - Works to Protected Trees Approved

Proposal

TPO Application: Works to various Trees as per application form (TPO ) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Jun 2026
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Approved
26 Aug 2026

Approved on 26 Aug 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
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. Nearest recorded mine shaft: about 20 m from the postcode pin (reference 419569-020).
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 ↗
Tree preservation order: Woolsington
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
Registered park or garden about 84 m away: Woolsington Park
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Woolsington built-up 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 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 £586,000 in February 2003. Detached house, freehold.

17 February 2003£586,000

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

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Important details

Application type
Works to Protected Trees
Postcode
NE13 8BL
Received
30 Jun 2026
Validated
30 Jun 2026
Ward
Kingston Park and Dinnington
Parish
Woolsington
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Aug 2026
Decision
Grant Conditionally
Decision date
26 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
West Jesmond Tree Surgery

How this decision compares

Decided in 57 days from validation, 15 days slower than Newcastle upon Tyne's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 95% of tree and landscaping works here are.

87%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
342decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
25 Aug 2026
Newcastle upon Tyne
Planning Authority Score
4.9/10
Below average
#154 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Newcastle upon Tyne is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #205 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Newcastle upon Tyne decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #113 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #86 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #205 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #165 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
37 decided (1-9 homes)
95%
Major dwellings approved
22 decided (10+ homes)
71%
Change of use approved
70 decided
1,005
Total decisions
103 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.