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Hollydene Topcliffe Road Sowerby Thirsk North Yorkshire YO7 1RQ

ZB26/00194/CATConservation Area TreesDecided

Decided on 17 March 2026

Council decision: Split Decision (TPO)Tree Notification

Proposal

Work to fell 1 silver birch tree, 1 conifer tree, 1 chestnut, and 1 pear tree in a conservation area

Received
3 February 2026
Decision level
Tree Notification
Public comments
2
Council
Hambleton
Ward
Sowerby & Topcliffe
Agent
Nick Walker Tree Services
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target17 Mar
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Hollydene Topcliffe Road Sowerby Thirsk North Yorkshire YO7 1RQ. Hambleton has handled 830 applications of this type. The site is in the Thirsk and Sowerby conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Sowerby & Topcliffe. We hold 918 applications in total for the YO7 postcode area.

95% of trees applications at Hambleton were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
YO7 1RQ
Application type
Conservation Area Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sowerby

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Consultation expiry
3 March 2026
Consultation end
3 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
3 March 2026
Target decision date
17 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Nick Walker Tree Services
Agent address
Borrowby Farm Borrowby Thirsk North Yorkshire YO7 4QQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Thirsk and Sowerby
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Hambleton

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