Recent Planning Applications

Scotch Isle Park Durham Road Wolsingham DL13 3JG

22nd June 2026

Discharge of Condition 4 (Colour Details) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/01023/FPA.

Holywell Farm Holy Well Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3HB

22nd June 2026

Conversion of a redundant agricultural building into a small retail unit. The proposed works are all internal limited to the ground floor with the external fenestration being unaffected.

Site Of Former Wolsingham School And Commercial College Leazes Lane Wolsingham DL13 3DJ

18th June 2026

Erection of 40 dwellings with associated landscaping and drainage works, creation of new bus parking and turning area, and widening of existing access road

Newlands Hall Frosterley Bishop Auckland DL13 2SH

8th June 2026

Discharge of condition 5 (feature glazing details) pursuant to planning approval DM/24/01167/FPA

Land To The West And North West Of Demense Mill Picnic Area Angate Street Wolsingham DL13 3ES

29th May 2026

T41-common alder-early mature-leaning tree with deadwood hanger over path-remove deadwood hanger over path, T43-common ash-dead standing tree adjacent to footpath-dismantle to ground level - Section 211 notice

Playground West End Wolsingham DL13 3AP

29th May 2026

Felling of T014 - Norway maple (Acer platanoides) and T017 - Goat willow (Salix caprea) - TPO/404/2025

7 Demesne Court Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AW

29th May 2026

T1 & T2 Cherry - Undertake pruning works back to previous pruning points. - TPO-CCD-15-2010

St Mary And St Stephens Church Church Lane Wolsingham DL13 3AJ

28th May 2026

T015 - Not identified - Mature - 22m - 136DBH - condition Fair - Minor epicormic growth at base - Pronounced buttressing - Large bifurcate union at 3.5m - Fair Crown Form and Condition - Deadwood in canopy >30mm - Large deadwood Hangar at 7m in eastern

The Farmhouse Bounder Copse Tow Law Bishop Auckland DL13 4PZ

9th April 2026

Proposed extension to existing garage

8 Silver Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3EJ

8th April 2026

Proposed construction of a single storey front porch

Bowlees Farm Durham Road Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3JF

18th March 2026

Agricultural storage unit

27 - 29 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DF

12th March 2026

Listed Buildings Consent for renovation of terrace and garden to rear inc. alteration of terrace with level changes and relaying of paving slabs, installation of roof to former oil tank stand to create log store, construction of a low stone retaining wall,

27 - 29 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DF

12th March 2026

Renovate terrace and garden to rear inc. alteration of terrace with level changes and relaying of paving slabs, installation of roof to former oil tank stand to create log store, construction of a low stone retaining wall, wildlife pond and replacement gre

5 Lydgate Square Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3LG

11th March 2026

Ground floor rear extension, bay window/front extension.

2 Wesley View Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3RL

5th March 2026

Non material amendment application for alterations to the garage to raise the roof height to 4.571m from the previously approved 4.132m to allow for a storage area within the roof space.

2 Demesne Court Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AW

17th February 2026

T1 Sycamore - cut back secondary branches to remove overhang from building, T2 Willow, T3 Whitebeam & T4 Laburnum - Undertake pruning works to cut overhanging vegetation, growing from neighbouring garden, back from property - Section 211 notice.

The Elms 18 East End Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3JX

6th February 2026

T1 - Gleditsia triacanthos Sunburst - Reduce by 2.0 meters, T2 Blue Atlas Cedar - Tame re growth back in to the understory to create a neat shape. - Section 211 notice

20 Lea Green Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DU

23rd January 2026

T1 - Apple Tree - 1m crown reduction to restore canopy shape in areas , with a sympathetic crown lift in areas to provide clearance above the driveway and footpath. - Section 211 notice

Dalegarth 8 Uppertown Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3ET

23rd January 2026

T1 - Cherry Blossom - Crown reduction to prevent branches encroaching and damaging telephone wires directly above. All branches brought in by 2 metres to keep them below the line of telephone wires. Ideally seeking perpetual permission to maintain the bran

7 Riverside Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3BP

15th January 2026

Reduce T1 - Sycamore by no more than 3-4m all round where required to provide a more balanced compact shape, whilst still keeping a natural looking form. - TPO-CCD-14-2010

29 Meadhope Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3EN

18th December 2025

Remove 1 no. Betula utilis var. jacquemontii - Section 211 notice

Bedford House 12 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AA

5th December 2025

T1 metasequoia glyptostroboides Crown lifting to 3.5 metres
T2 malus sylvestris sp. Minor pruning
T5 malus sylvestris sp. Minor pruning
T6 pyrus communis Removal (dangerous condition)
T9 malus domestica sp. Crown reduction, approx 30%
T10 ma

1 Lydgate Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3LF

3rd December 2025

Single storey side extension

4A Rectory Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AJ

13th November 2025

T1 - Common Lime - Pseudo-pollard the tree to a height of 15 metres, which will reduce the tree by 6 metres. T2 & T3 Common Ash - Fell to ground level. - Section 211 notice

28 West End Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AP

10th November 2025

T1 Weeping Willow - Removal of failed limb. Consequent work - Crown reduction of 2 - 3 Metres of heaviest limbs. - Section 211 notice