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Wilberforce House 14 Railway Street Pocklington East Riding Of Yorkshire YO42 2QZ

23/02712/TCATree Works in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 10 November 2023

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

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Proposal

POCKLINGTON CONSERVATION AREA - Fell 3No. Yew Trees (T54, T55, T59); Crown reduce 1No. Irish Yew (T47) tree by 2.5m; Fell 1No Laburnum (T45) and Laburnum/Yew tree (G38); Fell 1No Cherry Laurel tree (T39); Fell 1No Ash tree (T40); Fell 3No Holly trees (T41, T57, T46); Fell 4No Cypress trees (T49, T51, T52, T53); Fell 1No False Acacia (T60); Fell 1No Flowering Plum (T63); Crown reduce 2No Horse Chestnut trees (T81, T82) by 4m, & 6m diameter and Crown thin by 15%; Prune 1No Horse Chestnut tree (T64) by reducing 2 stems; Crown reduce 1No Sycamore tree (T84) by 6m & 7m diameter and Crown thin by 15%; Fell 1No Wild Cherry tree (T85), Yew (T61) Crown lift to 1.5m.

Received
11 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Pocklington Provincial
  1. Received11 Sep
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.19 Oct
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Wilberforce House 14 Railway Street Pocklington East Riding Of Yorkshire YO42 2QZ. East Riding has handled 2,617 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than East Riding's typical decision time. The site is in the Pocklington conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Pocklington Provincial. We hold 1,938 applications in total for the YO42 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
YO42 2QZ
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pocklington Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2023
Consultation expiry
19 October 2023
Consultation end
19 October 2023
Last date for comments
19 October 2023
Target decision date
23 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Alexander George Riley 42 Sandycroft Close Kingston Upon Hull Hull HU5 5QA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
16 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12446602
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Pocklington
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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

© 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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