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42 Main Street Farnhill North Yorkshire BD20 9BW

26/00590/TCONTree works in Conservation AreasAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 Sycamore - remove T2 Sycamore - remove T3 Elm - remove T4 Ash - remove The trees are growing against/out of a boundary retaining wall. The wall is being structurally damaged by the trees. The wall needs to be repaired and it cannot be done with the trees in situ. The trees are poor specimens and will be replaced once works are completed on the house.

Received
4 February 2026
Decision due
19 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Harrogate
Ward
Aire Valley
Agent
Tree Tops Forestry Ltd
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.15 Mar
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 15 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (2)

About this application

This is a tree application at 42 Main Street Farnhill North Yorkshire BD20 9BW. Harrogate has handled 2,683 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Aire Valley. We hold 485 applications in total for the BD20 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
BD20 9BW
Application type
Tree works in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Farnhill

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Consultation expiry
15 March 2026
Consultation start
19 February 2026
Consultation end
15 March 2026
Last date for comments
15 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tree Tops Forestry Ltd
Agent address
Mr Jonathan Strange Chapel House Main Street West Torrington LN8 5SQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14676789
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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.

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: Harrogate

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