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DC/26/00652/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Application Approved

Proposal

Tree works at Castle Hill. See attched Arboricutural Statement for the work required - basic maintance site clearance work Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 02:46

Application progress

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Received

14 Aug 2026

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Approved

22 Oct 2026

Approved on 22 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 4

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.

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Public footpath about 6 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

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) 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.

Also on the record

Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 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.

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Important details

Council: Gateshead
Application type: Tree Preservation Order Application
Received: 14 Aug 2026
Validated: 14 Aug 2026
Ward: Crawcrook And Greenside
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Oct 2026
Decision: Grant
Decision date: 22 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Olivers Tree Services Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 69 days from validation, 5 days slower than Gateshead's median of 64 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one69d

Council64d

UK36d

28%decided within 8 weeks

97%approved

129decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 22 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 2 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 9 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Gateshead

Planning Authority Score

2.4/10

Poor

#255 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Gateshead is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #289 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 67% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

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Gateshead decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

89%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #130 of 296

94%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #107 of 296

26%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #289 of 296

67%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #282 of 296

58%

Minor dwellings approved

24 decided (1-9 homes)

100%

Major dwellings approved

4 decided (10+ homes)

70%

Change of use approved

37 decided

482

Total decisions

54 refused in the year to March 2026