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5 Christ Church Oval Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 5AJ

HGT03/01976/TPOProtected Tree Works applicationApproved

Approved on 20 June 2003

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Crown lift and balance, crown clean and thin by 10% and draw back lateral limbs on 1 no. Sycamore Tree within Group G2 of Tree Preservation Order No. 2/1973.

Received
28 April 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Harrogate
Ward
High Harrogate
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Christ Church Oval Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 5AJ. Harrogate has handled 2,683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in the Harrogate conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 3,223 applications in total for the HG1 postcode area.

93% of trees applications at Harrogate were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
HG1 5AJ
Application type
Protected Tree Works application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrogate

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2003
Consultation expiry
17 June 2003
Consultation start
1 May 2003
Target decision date
23 June 2003
Permission expires
18 June 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Low Wood Cottage Smelthouses Harrogate HG3 4DL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 May 2003
Advertisement expiry
30 May 2003
Site notice start
27 May 2003
Site notice end
17 June 2003

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Harrogate
  • 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 (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

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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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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    26 May

    Fell 1no. Sycamore tree within Tree Preservation Order 02/1973

    RefusedProtected Tree Works applicationZC23/02017/TPO
  2. 2014
    21 Feb

    Crown reduction by 95% or fell 1 Sycamore tree - Tree Preservation Order No. 2 1973.

    RefusedProtected Tree Works applicationHGT14/00798/TPO
  3. 2013
    27 Apr

    Felling of 1 Sycamore tree of group G2 of Tree Preservation Order 02/1973

    RefusedProtected Tree Works applicationHGT13/01528/TPO
  4. 2006
    19 Sep

    Crown thin and lift 1 Sycamore Tree within group G2 of Tree Preservation Order 02/1973

    ApprovedProtected Tree Works applicationHGT06/04755/TPO
  5. 2003
    7 May

    Felling and removal of 1 no. Cherry Plum tree, 1 no. Silver Birch tree and 4 no. Leylandii Cypress trees…

    ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGT03/02113/TCON

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