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Westgate House 4 Main Street Bessingby East Riding Of Yorkshire YO16 4UH

20/04074/TCATree Works in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 14 January 2021

Council decision: TCA No Obj (Fell , Prune)Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

BESSINGBY CONSERVATION AREA - Crown reduce 1 no. Sycamore tree (T1) to remove top growth to leave hollow standing trunk for conservation purposes; Crown lift 1 no. Ash tree (T2) by 6 metres and localised crown thin by 5% to clear traffic and utility lines; Fell 1 no. Ash tree (T3) due to tree leaning out over the road, interfering with phone lines and is pushing out base of adjacent wall; Fell 1 no. Sycamore tree (T4) due to tree being one sided, is previously topped and has extensive crown dieback; Fell 1 no. Silver Birch tree (T5) due to tree heavily leaning, is overhanging the garage and the rootplate is beginning to lift away from adjacent wall with the septic tank underneath; Crown reduce 1 no. Sycamore tree (T6) by reducing 1 no. decaying hollow trunk back to 2.5 metres to the south-west due to trunk overhanging the wall and is structurally unsound and hollow throughout as a result of previous topping and extensive limb removal

Received
4 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Bridlington South
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Jan
  4. Target20 Jan
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Westgate House 4 Main Street Bessingby East Riding Of Yorkshire YO16 4UH. East Riding has handled 2,617 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Riding's typical decision time. The site is in the Bessingby conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Bridlington South. We hold 496 applications in total for the YO16 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at East Riding of Yorkshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
YO16 4UH
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bridlington Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2020
Consultation expiry
11 January 2021
Consultation end
2 January 2021
Neighbour consultation start
14 January 2021
Last date for comments
11 January 2021
Target decision date
20 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
East Riding Arborists 28 Main Street North Frodingham Driffield YO25 8LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
11 January 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09316085
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bessingby
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: East Riding

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