Fence Hill Quarry, Thornton In Craven Adjacent Merlinwood, Thornton In Craven, BD23 3JQ Elslack Lane, Elslack
Approved on 11 March 2025
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Works to various trees covered by Tree Preservation Order No 1 1953 (A5 Area of several trees comprising Ash, Elm, Sycamore. Lime, Beech and Oak) at Fence Hill Quarry, Thornton in Craven and Tree Preservation Order No 41 1987 (A1 Area of several deciduous and coniferous trees of various species) adjacent Merlinwood, Thornton In Craven, BD23 3JQ. Various works shown on plan to non TPO or Non Conservation Area trees
- Received
- 4 November 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Skipton West & West Craven
- ReceivedReceived4 Nov
- ValidatedValidated4 Nov
- Consult.Consultation4 Dec
- TargetTarget Date23 Dec
- DecidedDecided11 Mar
Decided in 127 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Fence Hill Quarry, Thornton In Craven Adjacent Merlinwood, Thornton In Craven, BD23 3JQ Elslack Lane, Elslack. Craven has handled 1,070 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 10 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Skipton West & West Craven. 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 3JQ
- Application type
- Works to a tree with a TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Thornton-in-Craven
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 8 January 2025
- Consultation start
- 13 November 2024
- Consultation end
- 4 December 2024
- Last date for comments
- 8 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 December 2024
- Permission expires
- 11 March 2030
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 12 December 2024
- Site notice end
- 8 January 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13536990
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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