2 Woodlands Drive Skipton BD23 1QU
Refused on 22 October 2025
Council decision: Refuse Tree Work under TPODelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Works to trees the subject of a tree preservation order remove 2 copper beech trees, reduce the height of the remaining 2 cooper beech trees; and a holly tree which we want to reduce in size.
- Received
- 28 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby
- ReceivedReceived28 Jul
- ValidatedValidated28 Jul
- Consult.Consultation27 Aug
- TargetTarget Date15 Sep
- DecidedDecided22 Oct
Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 2 Woodlands Drive Skipton BD23 1QU. Craven has handled 1,070 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 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 1QU
- Application type
- Works to a tree with a TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Skipton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 6 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 27 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 27 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 15 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 22 October 2030
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14184320
- Documents
- 10
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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20209 Jun
T1 Cypress - Fell. T2 Ash - Fell. T3 Holly - Fell. T4 Holly - Fell.
ApprovedWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaCRA2020/21711/TCA - 200512 Jan
Prune/reshape 1 No. Holly, 2 No. Cypress & 1 No. Yew
ApprovedWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaCRA63/2005/5027 - 200512 Jan
Prune and re-shape 1 no. Holly Tree
ApprovedWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaCRA63/2005/5026 - 200210 Sep
Single storey and first floor extensions
ApprovedHouseholderCRA63/2002/2514
Source: Craven
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