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DM/26/01471/TCA - Trees in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Cherry tree - removal of northern limb and the rest of the canopy reduced and reshaped to improve its form and future growth by 20% - Section 211 notice. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Jun 2026
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Consultation
11 Jun 2026
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Approved
20 Jul 2026

Approved on 20 Jul 2026 · TPO/S211 (No objection) · Last checked 21 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF S211 Delegated Report · 17 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

IMG TREE LOCATION Drawing · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

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 ↗
Hunwick 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.
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
Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Hunwick built-up area; Priority habitat 38 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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
DL15 0JX
Received
9 Jun 2026
Validated
9 Jun 2026
Ward
Willington And Hunwick
Parish
No Parish
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Jul 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
20 Jul 2026
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Total tree Access

How this decision compares

Decided in 41 days from validation, 7 days slower 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

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-14996633
Planning Portal ref
PP-14996633
Consultation
11 Jun 2026
Comments by
2 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
21 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022
Site Of Former Transport Depot Church Lane Hunwick DL15 0JX
Erection of detached house
DM/22/03652/FPA
2020 Approved
Site Of Former Transport Depot Church Lane Hunwick DL15 0JX
Dwelling
DM/20/00023/FPA
2016 Approved
Site Of Former Transport Depot Church Lane Hunwick
Proposed detached dwelling house
DM/16/03883/FPA
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