64 Willow Way Darras Hall Ponteland Northumberland NE20 9RF Data via plota.co.uk

26/02466/PRUTPO - Application for Works to Protected Tree Approved

Proposal

Tree Preservation Order Application: T1 Leylandii - Reduce outer canopy by 2m, T2 Leylandii - Reduce height by 4m, T3 Leylandii - Reduce height by 4m, T4 Sycamore - Lift lower canopy by removing 4no. branches back to the main stem. Maximum size of cuts is 150mm. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
14 Jul 2026
Consultation
4 Sept 2026
Approved
4 Sept 2026

Approved on 4 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Tree preservation order
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
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
SSSI 240 m away: Darras Hall Grassland SSSI; Inside the Ponteland built-up area; Green belt 30 m away: Tyne and Wear; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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

Application type
Application for Works to Protected Tree
Postcode
NE20 9RF
Received
14 Jul 2026
Validated
14 Jul 2026
Ward
Ponteland South With Heddon
Parish
Ponteland
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Aug 2026
Decision
Permit Tree Works
Decision date
4 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Keith Hadden

How this decision compares

Decided in 52 days from validation, 17 days slower than Northumberland (County)'s median of 35 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

96%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
237decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 5 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15078003
Consultation
4 Sept 2026
Comments by
4 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
Northumberland (County)
Planning Authority Score
3.8/10
Below average
#207 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Northumberland (County) ranks #167 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 47% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Northumberland (County) decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #158 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #178 of 296
62%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #167 of 296
47%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #210 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
223 decided (1-9 homes)
89%
Major dwellings approved
36 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
71 decided
2,013
Total decisions
233 refused in the year to March 2026