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The Copse Hungate Bishop Monkton HG3 3QL

HGT20/04921/TPOProtected Tree Works applicationApproved

Approved on 15 February 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Crown lift 1 no. Yew tree to give clearance of 5.2m over the highway and clearance from phone lines by 0.5m of Tree Preservation Order No. 04/1970.

Received
8 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Harrogate
Ward
Bishop Monkton & Newby
  1. Received8 Dec
  2. Validated8 Dec
  3. Consult.14 Jan
  4. Target15 Feb
  5. Decided15 Feb

Decided in 69 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Copse Hungate Bishop Monkton HG3 3QL. Harrogate has handled 2,683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 weeks longer than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop Monkton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 3,250 applications in total for the HG3 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
HG3 3QL
Application type
Protected Tree Works application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bishop Monkton

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 December 2020
Consultation expiry
13 February 2021
Consultation start
21 December 2020
Consultation end
14 January 2021
Last date for comments
13 February 2021
Target decision date
15 February 2021
Committee meeting
9 March 2021
Permission expires
15 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
T.Howie Tree Specialist
Agent address
Mr Tom Howie 179 King Edwards Drive HARROGATE HG1 4Hb

Planning decision

Statutory period
69 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 January 2021
Site notice end
13 February 2021

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bishop Monkton
  • 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.

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. 2025
    5 Sep

    Lateral reduction (by 1.5 to-2m) of 1 no Pine (T1) within tree preservation order 04/1970

    ApprovedProtected Tree Works application25/03053/TPO
  2. 2021
    17 Nov

    Reduction of 1 no. Eucalyptus by 2-3m within Bishop Monkton conservation area.

    ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGT21/05006/TCON
  3. 2013
    4 Mar

    Reduce lateral branches and crown clean 1 Pine tree in A1 of Tree Preservation Order 04 1970.

    ApprovedProtected Tree Works applicationHGT13/00795/TPO
  4. 2012
    16 Aug

    Crown lift to 7 feet, removal of dead wood and crown thin up to 15% of two Yew trees with A1 of Tree…

    RefusedProtected Tree Works applicationHGT12/03289/TPO
  5. 2011
    30 Nov

    Felling of 2 Birch Trees in Area A1 of Tree Preservation Order No.4 1970.

    ApprovedProtected Tree Works applicationHGT11/04987/TPO

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