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18 Cathedral Close Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 1ND

HGTZC23/02442/TPOProtected Tree Works applicationApproved

Approved on 4 August 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Crown reduction of (T1) Cedar by 1m to 2m to maintain size of tree close to properties and to prevent tree further out growing location. Tree under order 69/2022.

Received
28 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Harrogate
Ward
Ripon Ure Bank & Spa
  1. Received28 Jun
  2. Validated28 Jun
  3. Consult.29 Jul
  4. Target23 Aug
  5. Decided4 Aug

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 Cathedral Close Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 1ND. Harrogate has handled 2,683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in the Ripon conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,235 applications in total for the HG4 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
HG4 1ND
Application type
Protected Tree Works application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ripon City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 June 2023
Consultation expiry
29 July 2023
Consultation start
5 July 2023
Consultation end
29 July 2023
Target decision date
23 August 2023
Permission expires
4 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Arbortech
Agent address
Mr Ben Clarke Keepers Cottage Fellbeck Harrogate HG3 5EU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, 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.

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