Driver Vehicle Standards Agency Foundry House Carleton Road Skipton BD23 2BE
Decided on 21 July 2025
Council decision: Split DecisionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Works to trees the subject of a Tree Preservation Order T1 Sycamore, T2 Lime and T3 Birch. Tree uplifting is required over the neighbouring property and public pavement. The current state of the trees is causing complaints from the neighbouring resident and is contravening council regulations. T1 using ropes and harness. Branches will be individually pruned and lowered into a segregated drop zone using LOLER certified rigging equipment. The tree will be cut back to fence line to remove all encroachment into the neighbouring property. The minor encroachment of the shrubs in this area will also be removed. T2 will be uplifted over the car park and the public pavement to a height of 2.4 metres. T3 will be uplifted over the pavement to a height of 2.4 metres.
- Received
- 29 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Skipton West & West Craven
- ReceivedReceived29 May
- ValidatedValidated29 May
- Consult.Consultation1 Jul
- TargetTarget Date17 Jul
- DecidedDecided21 Jul
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Driver Vehicle Standards Agency Foundry House Carleton Road Skipton BD23 2BE. Craven has handled 1,070 applications of this type. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications 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 2BE
- Application type
- Works to a tree with a TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Skipton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 1 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 10 June 2025
- Consultation end
- 1 July 2025
- Last date for comments
- 1 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 17 July 2025
- Permission expires
- 21 July 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Kingfisher House Radford Way Billericay CM12 0EQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14056937
- Documents
- 5
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
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20266 Jul
Removal of T3 + T8 raise low canopy on trees to 4.0 meters T5, T6, T10 and T11
PendingProtected Tree Works application26/03734/TPO - 202425 Nov
Works to trees subject to tree preservation order No: 255/2017
ApprovedWorks to a tree with a TPOCRAZA24/26565/TPO - 202427 Feb
To cut tree (picture attached) back away from the building but keeping a shape to the canopy.
ApprovedWorks to a tree with a TPOCRAZA24/25728/TPO - 20236 Jan
Tree 3 - Fell to ground Tree 4 - Fell to ground Tree 6 - Crown lift to 3m Tree 7 - Crown lift to 4m Tree 9…
RefusedProtected Tree Works applicationCRA2023/24683/TPO - 202118 Oct
Deconstruction and reconstruction of section of stone boundary wall on new concrete foundation fronting…
ApprovedFull ApplicationCRA2021/23413/FUL - 20212 Feb
T1 Ash - remove
ApprovedProtected Tree Works applicationCRA2021/22507/TPO - 202027 Jan
Removal of 1 no. Ash
RefusedWorks to a tree with a TPOCRA2020/21378/TPO
Source: Craven
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