47 Rockwood Drive Skipton BD23 1UW
Approved on 11 September 2023
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 Horse Chestnut. Crown lift canopy on left and side only (looking from garden side) to 4m from ground level to re-belance lower canopy and lift overneighbour's shrubs. Crown thin 15 % on the right hand side only (looking from garden side). Remove deadwood throughout canopy. Remove epicormic growth on main stem up to 5m from ground level.
- Received
- 7 July 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby
- ReceivedReceived7 Jul
- ValidatedValidated7 Jul
- Consult.Consultation4 Aug
- TargetTarget Date25 Aug
- DecidedDecided11 Sep
Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 47 Rockwood Drive Skipton BD23 1UW. Craven has handled 1,070 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications 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 1UW
- Application type
- Protected Tree Works application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Skipton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 July 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 4 August 2023
- Consultation start
- 14 July 2023
- Consultation end
- 4 August 2023
- Last date for comments
- 4 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 25 August 2023
- Permission expires
- 11 September 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 10 Centre Park Rudgate Tockwith York YO26 7QF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12297117
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20251 Dec
Works to trees in Skipton Conservation area T1 Birch - Remove to ground level, T2 Birch - Reduce lateral…
ApprovedWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaCRAZA25/27512/TCA - 201812 Jun
Horsechestnut Tree - Crown Clean & thin by 15%. Crown lift to 5.2 metres for Highway Clearance.
ApprovedWorks to a tree with a TPOCRA2018/19429/TPO - 201011 Aug
First floor extension over existing garage and entrance porch.
ApprovedHouseholderCRA63/2010/10911
Source: Craven
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