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

HGT15/05512/TPOProtected Tree Works applicationApproved

Approved on 4 February 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Crown reduction (1.5m) and lateral reduction (0.5m) of 1 Beech Tree, Tree T1 of Tree Preservation Order 50/2009.

Received
23 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Harrogate
Ward
Ouseburn
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated7 Dec
  3. Consult.4 Jan
  4. Target1 Feb
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 59 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 73 days, 3 weeks longer than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in the Whixley conservation area, with 1 listed building 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
Protected Tree Works application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whixley

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 December 2015
Consultation expiry
19 January 2016
Consultation start
14 December 2015
Consultation end
4 January 2016
Target decision date
1 February 2016
Committee meeting
1 March 2016
Permission expires
4 February 2018

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 D Monaghan Unit 10 Centre Park Rudgate Tockwith York North Yorkshire YO26 7QF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
29 December 2015
Site notice end
19 January 2016

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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Planning history at this site

10 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. 2014
    22 Dec

    Approval of details under condition 3 (sample materials) of planning permission 6.96.125.B.FUL.

    Confirmation of discharge of conditionsDischarge of conditionsHGT14/05308/DISCON

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