A TPO is a legal document made, administered and enforced by us as the local planning authority. It protects specified trees and woodlands, and prevents cutting down, uprooting, topping, lopping, wilful damage or destruction of trees (including cutting roots) without our permission. A TPO can protect anything from a single tree to all trees within a defined group or woodland. There are currently around 700 TPOs in County Durham.
A spatial dataset showing Durham County Council's Household Waste Recycling Centres There is a statutory obligation under the Environment Protection Act 1990, section 51, 1b which states that: (1) It shall be the duty of each waste disposal authority to arrange (b) for places to be provided at which persons resident in its area may deposit their household waste and for...
A spatial dataset of fixed and mobile air quality monitors. Please see https://www.durham.gov.uk/airquality for more information.
Spatial dataset of diffusion tubes used to assess the levels of nitrogen dioxide at road or near to the roadside within Durham. Please see https://www.durham.gov.uk/airquality for more information.
Statutory areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance as defined in the 1967 Civic Amenities Act.