Wearhead House 4 Front Street Wearhead Bishop Auckland DL13 1BD Data via plota.co.uk

TPO/439/2026 - Delegated Report for TPO Pending Consideration

Proposal

Front Street Wearhead Tree Preservation Order 2026 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

17 Jul 2026

✓

Consultation

29 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 11 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 26 Aug 2026; it is now day 84.

The consultation period closed on 26 Aug 2026.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea

Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

North Pennines National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Wearhead 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: Restorable Habitat

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 ↗

Public bridleway 28 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.

Also on the record

Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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 2

Last sold for £270,000 in July 2021. Semi-detached house, freehold.

30 July 2021£270,000

16 May 2000£114,950

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

Building

Floor area145 m² (1,561 sq ft)

Energy ratingF (37 out of 100), could reach C

PropertySemi-detached house, 7 habitable rooms

BuiltBefore 1900

HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil

WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2021, 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: DL13 1BD
Received: 17 Jul 2026
Validated: 17 Jul 2026
Ward: Weardale
Parish: Stanhope
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 11 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated

Decision outlook

Day 84, past the statutory target. 98% of tree and landscaping works in Durham are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 16 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 8428 days past the 56-day target

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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 29 Jul 2026
Comments by: 26 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 11 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved

Sparkes House 8 Front Street Wearhead Bishop Auckland DL13 1BD

Change of use of open space to residential and detached single storey garage

DM/22/00443/FPA 18 May 2022

2020 Approved

Shalom 12 South View Wearhead Bishop Auckland DL13 1BG

Crown reduction and reshape not exceeding 1.5m to appropriate pruning points and in accor…

DM/20/00567/TCA 23 Mar 2020

2018 Approved

Land To Rear Of 8 Front Street Wearhead Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1BD

Detached garage/log store

DM/18/01396/FPA 9 Jul 2018

2017 Approved

Sparkes House 8 Front Street Wearhead Bishop Auckland DL13 1BD

Fell two willow trees in conservation area

DM/17/00235/TCA 27 Jan 2017

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

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.