Shincliffe Village Hall Low Road Shincliffe Durham DH1 2NF Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/00234/TCA - Trees in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T3 Sycamore: crown clean to remove major deadwood and split/hanging branches T4, T5 Sycamore: remove major deadwood T16 Whitebeam: remove 2x stems nearest building, remove major deadwood. T17 Whitebeam: remove major deadwood. T18 Whitebeam: remove major deadwood. T21 Sycamore: remove major deadwood and epicormic growth at base. T25 Lilac: Crown reduce and reshape by 1.5m (amended proposal) Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
29 Jan 2026
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Consultation
4 Feb 2026
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Approved
20 Feb 2026

Approved on 20 Feb 2026 · TPO/S211 (No objection) · Last checked 2 Aug 2026

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Site constraints 7

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Green belt about 8 m away: Tyne and Wear.
Not affected
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 2NF
Received
29 Jan 2026
Validated
29 Jan 2026
Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
Parish
Shincliffe
Case officer
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Target decision
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Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
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Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
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How this decision compares

Decided in 22 days from validation, 12 days faster than Durham's median of 34 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 91% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14660899
Planning Portal ref
PP-14660899
Consultation
4 Feb 2026
Comments by
25 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
12 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No

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Durham
Planning Authority Score
5.2/10
Average
#137 of 296 councils
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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
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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
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