6 And 7 Anesty Court Bishopton STOCKTON-ON-TEES TS21 1NP Data via plota.co.uk

26/00258/TFC - Tree Felling/Pruning in a Con. Area Approved

Proposal

Notification to carry out works to trees in a designated conservation area - 1 no. Sycamore crown reduce height by 5m, 1 no. conifer fell and removal of overhanging branches in garden of No.6 from 2 no. trees located in the grounds of No.7 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Mar 2026
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Validated
17 Mar 2026
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Consultation
20 Mar 2026
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Approved
27 Apr 2026

Approved on 27 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Bishopton 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.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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.
National infrastructure project about 43 m away: Byers Gill Solar
The site is about 43 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Manor Farmhouse, Grade II, about 44 m from the postcode pin · 2 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.
Show all 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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 Planning Inspectorate 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
Darlington
Application type
Tree Felling/Pruning in a Con. Area
Postcode
TS21 1NP
Received
11 Mar 2026
Validated
17 Mar 2026
Ward
Sadberge And Middleton St George
Parish
Bishopton Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
28 Apr 2026
Decision
NO OBJECTIONS
Decision date
27 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 41 days from validation, about the council's usual 39 days. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

89%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
113decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14771479
Planning Portal ref
PP-14771479
Consultation
20 Mar 2026
Comments by
10 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
Darlington
Planning Authority Score
7.5/10
Good
#43 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Darlington ranks #137 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Darlington decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #109 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #14 of 296
67%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #137 of 296
33%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #73 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
16 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
76%
Change of use approved
25 decided
465
Total decisions
46 refused in the year to March 2026