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5 Christ Church Oval Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 5AJ

HGT03/02113/TCONTree works in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 6 June 2003

Council decision: Tree Work in Conservation Area approvedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Felling and removal of 1 no. Cherry Plum tree, 1 no. Silver Birch tree and 4 no. Leylandii Cypress trees within Harrogate Conservation Area.

Received
7 May 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Harrogate
Ward
High Harrogate
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided6 Jun

Decided in 30 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 30 days, 3 weeks quicker than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in the Harrogate conservation area, with 11 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
Tree works in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrogate

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2003
Consultation start
12 May 2003
Target decision date
2 July 2003

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

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: 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

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.

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
    28 Apr

    Crown lift and balance, crown clean and thin by 10% and draw back lateral limbs on 1 no. Sycamore Tree within…

    ApprovedProtected Tree Works applicationHGT03/01976/TPO

Source: Harrogate

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