Bridge Cottage Eggleston Lane Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE Data via plota.co.uk

TPO/443/2026 - Delegated Report for TPO Pending Consideration
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Land adj Bridge Cottage Romaldkirk Tree Preservation Order 2026 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Oct 2026
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Validated
6 Oct 2026
✓
Consultation
6 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 1 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 4 Nov 2026 and 12 Nov 2026, from Durham's recent tree and landscaping works.

Comments are open until 3 Nov 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 8

Grade II listed: Beer Beck Low Bridge
List entry 1161040 · 26 m away · 14 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 13 Grade II)
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 ↗
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.
Romaldkirk 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 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
National landscape 334 m away: North Pennines; SSSI 461 m away: Shipley and Great Woods SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £210,000 in March 2017. Detached house, freehold.

3 March 2017£210,000

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

Building

Floor area79 m² (850 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (46 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached bungalow, 4 habitable rooms
Built1967 to 1975
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsCavity wall, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2016, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Durham
Application type
Delegated Report for TPO
Postcode
DL12 9EE
Received
2 Oct 2026
Validated
6 Oct 2026
Ward
Upper Teesdale
Parish
Romaldkirk
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated

Decision outlook

Day 3 of the 56-day target. Durham usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 34.

Day 353 days to the 56-day target
97%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
303decided 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 →

Public comments

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Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
6 Oct 2026
Comments by
3 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry
1 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

19 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2019 Withdrawn
Fell T1. Mountain Ash Tree (At Bridge Cottage) Pollard T2, T3 Sycamore Trees and Pollard…
DM/19/03973/TCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
Romaldkirk House Eggleston Lane Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE
Reinstatement of glazed roofing to external walkway including restoration Oak gates, rein…
DM/25/00707/LB
2025
Romaldkirk House Eggleston Lane Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE
Reinstatement of glazed roofing to external walkway including restoration Oak gates, Rein…
DM/25/00391/FPA
2025 Approved
Romaldkirk House Eggleston Lane Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE
11 trees to crown lift full details in the report
DM/25/00175/TCA
2024 Approved
Romaldkirk House Eggleston Lane Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE
Listed Building application for retention of 4no CCTV cameras
DM/24/01208/LB
2024 Approved
Romaldkirk House Eggleston Lane Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE
Retention of 4no CCTV cameras
DM/24/01207/FPA
2024 Approved
Primula Cottage Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE
Single storey extensions
DM/24/00299/FPA
2024 Approved
Primula Cottage Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE
Pruning, trimming and general tidy-up, remove epicormic growth, removal of diseased/deadw…
DM/24/00227/TCA
2023 Approved
Romaldkirk House Eggleston Lane Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE
Discharge of condition 4 (roofing works) pursuant to permission DM/22/01454/LB
DM/23/00154/DRC
2022 Approved
Romaldkirk House Eggleston Lane Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE
Essential repairs to replace damaged failed roof tiles and essential repairs to east elev…
DM/22/01454/LB
2022 Approved
The Rectory Water Gap Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE
Felling of 1 No. Silver Birch tree
DM/22/01463/TCA
2021 Approved
Romaldkirk House Eggleston Lane Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE
Tree works as detailed in Arboricultural Assessment at Romaldkirk, House, report Report 9…
DM/21/02066/TCA
2020 Approved
Low Village Green Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9ED
Fell T1. Scots Pine
DM/20/03228/TCA
2020 Approved
Balbardie House Low Green Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE
Fell T1. Pine
DM/20/03123/TCA
2019 Approved
Beckwath Low Green Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE
Remove dead branches to T1 beech tree and remove dead branches to T2 saw-tooth beech tree
DM/19/01722/TCA
2019 Approved
Beckwath Low Green Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE
Discharge of Condition 3 (Joinery Details) pursuant to DM/18/03198/LB
DRC/19/00193
2018 Approved
Beckwath Low Green Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE
Replace 2no. first floor windows with double glazed timber sliding sash
DM/18/03198/LB
2017 Approved
Greensend Low Green Romaldkirk DL12 9EE
T1 Oak - 15% reduction of limbs overhanging utility wires and removal of deadwood
DM/17/03272/TCA
2017 Approved
Middle Green And Low Green Sennings Lane Romaldkirk Barnard Castle
T1 Cherry - fell and T2 Scots Pine - remove large lateral branch on the lean side
DM/17/02552/TCA
Durham
Planning Authority Score
5.2/10
Average
#137 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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

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

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.