Land To The North Of British Telecom Telephone Exchange Harmire Road Barnard Castle DL12 8DH Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Ash - reduce height by a minimum of 30% - Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 1 Oct 2026 · TPO Full Delegated · Last checked 2 Oct 2026
Documents 1
Decision & officer reports 1
Site constraints 4
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Important details
- Council
- Durham
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Postcode
- DL12 8DH
- Received
- 4 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 6 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Barnard Castle
- Parish
- Barnard Castle
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 1 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Refused
- Decision date
- 1 Oct 2026
- Decision level
- TPO Full Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- PB Forestry & Landscaping LTD
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, 22 days slower than Durham's median of 34 for tree and landscaping works. Refused, as 9% of tree and landscaping works here are.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Durham in the last twelve months, from validation. Durham decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
13 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15134882
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15134882
- Neighbours
- 7 Aug 2026
- Consultation
- 7 Aug 2026
- Comments by
- 28 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 1 Oct 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
16 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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