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Old Swan Hotel Swan Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2SR

HGT09/02547/TCONTree works in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 29 July 2009

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

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

Proposal

Dismantle and remove 3 Robinias trees, crown clean 4 Sycamores, 1 Oak, 2 Lime, crown lift 1 Chestnut, 1 Thorn and 1 Oak tree within Harrogate Conservation area.

Received
23 June 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Harrogate
Ward
Harlow Moor
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.17 Jul
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Old Swan Hotel Swan Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2SR. Harrogate has handled 2,683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in the Harrogate conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 11 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 2SR
Application type
Tree works in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrogate

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2009
Consultation expiry
17 July 2009
Consultation start
26 June 2009
Consultation end
17 July 2009
Target decision date
4 August 2009
Permission expires
23 June 2011

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
Mr J Slight 11 Centre Park Rudgate Tockwith York YO26 7QF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: Old Swan HotelOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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© 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

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    11 Jul

    Crown lift (by 2 metres) 1 no. Cherry (T415) of Tree Preservation Order No. 48/2015

    ApprovedProtected Tree Works applicationHGTZC24/02325/TPO
  2. 2024
    11 Jul

    Works to trees within the Harrogate Conservation Area 3 no. Sycamore (T401, T402, T469) and 1 no. Cherry…

    ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGTZC24/02378/TCON
  3. 2024
    11 Jul

    Crown lift (by 2 metres) 1 no. Cherry (T415) of Tree Preservation Order No. 48/2015

    ApprovedProtected Tree Works applicationZC24/02325/TPO
  4. 2019
    24 Sep

    Approval of details required under conditions 6 (Site Investigation Report and Remediation Strategy) and 10…

    Confirmation of discharge of conditionsDischarge of conditionsHGT19/04073/DISCON
  5. 2013
    22 Nov

    Formation of new car park.

    RefusedFull permissionHGT13/04631/FUL
  6. 2013
    21 Nov

    Erection of 33 retirement flats with associated landscaping and car parking (Site Area 0.68ha).

    ApprovedFull application - MajorHGT13/04655/FULMAJ

Source: Harrogate

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