The Town House 1 Birtwhistles Yard Devonshire Place Skipton BD23 2LR
Approved on 20 July 2023
Council decision: Approve Tree Works in Conservation AreaDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 - Sycamore - Reduce crown growing over the building by up to 2m & crown thin by up to 20% & sever ivy
- Received
- 6 April 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby
- ReceivedReceived6 Apr
- ValidatedValidated6 Apr
- Consult.Consultation8 May
- TargetTarget Date11 May
- DecidedDecided20 Jul
Decided in 105 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Town House 1 Birtwhistles Yard Devonshire Place Skipton BD23 2LR. Craven has handled 1,070 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby. We hold 5,308 applications in total for the BD23 postcode area.
87% of trees applications at Craven were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BD23 2LR
- Application type
- Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Skipton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 April 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 8 May 2023
- Consultation start
- 17 April 2023
- Consultation end
- 8 May 2023
- Last date for comments
- 8 May 2023
- Target decision date
- 11 May 2023
- Permission expires
- 20 July 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Heley Tree Care
- Agent address
- 19 Cornwall Avenue Silsden BD20 0DB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 35 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11952869
- Documents
- 3
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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