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Plum Tree Cottage Church Street Whixley York North Yorkshire YO26 8AR

HGT09/01169/TCONTree works in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 22 April 2009

Council decision: Tree Preservation Order madeDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Reducing 1 Beech, 1 Cherry and 1 Willow within Whixley Conservation Area.

Received
23 March 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Harrogate
Ward
Ouseburn
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Plum Tree Cottage Church Street Whixley York North Yorkshire YO26 8AR. 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 Whixley conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Ouseburn. We hold 1,324 applications in total for the YO26 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
YO26 8AR
Application type
Tree works in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whixley

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2009
Consultation expiry
16 April 2009
Consultation start
26 March 2009
Consultation end
16 April 2009
Target decision date
4 May 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent
Not Available. If this appears on the Comments tab please see the Documents tab for Letter of Representation not PA.
Agent address
Viking Tree Services 40 West Moors Haxby York YO32 3FO

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

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.

  • Conservation area: Whixley
  • 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

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    23 Sep

    Lateral reduction (by 1m) and crown reduction (by 1m) of 2 no Dogwoods (G2), 1no Plum tree (T2), 1no Holly…

    ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGTZC24/03281/TCON
  2. 2024
    23 Sep

    Lateral reduction (by 1 m) and crown lift (by 5.5m over road and 3m over garden) of 1no Beech tree (T1) of…

    ApprovedProtected Tree Works applicationHGTZC24/03241/TPO
  3. 2021
    21 Jun

    Lateral reduction of 1 no. Beech tree (T1) by 2-3m and crown lift 5.3m over road and 3m over garden - within…

    ApprovedProtected Tree Works applicationHGT21/02734/TPO
  4. 2021
    10 May

    Fell 1 no. Hazel tree and crown reduction and removal of deadwood of 3 no. Silver Birch trees by 30% in…

    ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGT21/02194/TCON
  5. 2021
    10 May

    Crown reduction and deadwood removal of 1 no. Beech tree (T1) by 30% due to excessive shading. Within Tree…

    WithdrawnProtected Tree Works applicationHGT21/02112/TPO
  6. 2015
    23 Nov

    Crown reduction (1.5m) and lateral reduction (0.5m) of 1 Beech Tree, Tree T1 of Tree Preservation Order…

    ApprovedProtected Tree Works applicationHGT15/05512/TPO

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