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Spitalcroft Green Spitalcroft Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 8JB

26/01621/TCONTree works in Conservation AreasAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Fell 1 No Cherry (T1 on submitted plan) Pollarding of 6 No Sycamores to main trunks (T2, T3, T5, T6, T7 and T8 on submitted plan). Pollard 1 No Ash to main trunk (T4 on submitted plan).

Received
30 March 2026
Decision due
11 May 2026
Public comments
2
Council
Harrogate
Ward
Knaresborough West
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 3 May.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (10)

About this application

This is a tree application at Spitalcroft Green Spitalcroft Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 8JB. Harrogate has handled 2,683 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Knaresborough conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Knaresborough West. We hold 606 applications in total for the HG5 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
HG5 8JB
Application type
Tree works in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Knaresborough

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2026
Consultation expiry
3 May 2026
Consultation start
9 April 2026
Consultation end
3 May 2026
Last date for comments
3 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Scotton Tree Care
Agent address
Mr Ian Lythe Mickleton Mire Skye Lane Scotton Knaresborough HG5 9HW

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14809720
Documents
10

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: Knaresborough

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 (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.

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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.

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.

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