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Linnaeus House Church Street Whixley York North Yorkshire YO26 8AR

HGTZC24/02202/TCONTree works in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 15 July 2024

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

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

Proposal

T1 Portugese Laurel - Reduce over extended upper canopy back to natural canopy and trim sides to enhance the natural form. T2 Labernum - Reduce lateral spread tending over the neighbouring property by 1m. T3 Mountain Ash - Reduce to the same height as the Laburnum and formative prune lateral canopy to enhance the form.T4 Crab Apple - Reduce upper canopy by 1-1.5m and reduce spread by 1m. Crown thin by 10-15%. T5 Cherry - Remove suppressed tree to ground level using assisted felling techniques and remove stakes for 2 x young trees to prevent rubbing of bark, within Whixley Conservation Area.

Received
2 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Harrogate
Ward
Ouseburn
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated2 Jul
  3. Consult.1 Aug
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided15 Jul

Decided in 13 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Linnaeus House Church Street Whixley York North Yorkshire YO26 8AR. Harrogate has handled 2,683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 5 weeks quicker than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in the Whixley conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 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
2 July 2024
Consultation expiry
1 August 2024
Consultation start
8 July 2024
Consultation end
1 August 2024
Target decision date
13 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bartlett Tree Experts
Agent address
Mr James Philpott 10 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: 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

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2013
    13 Sep

    Lateral crown reduction of 3 Cherry by 0.7m and crown reduction of 1 Yew tree (2.5m) and Crown lifting and…

    ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGT13/03576/TCON
  2. 2012
    20 Jan

    Erection of single storey rear extension.

    ApprovedFull permissionHGT12/00263/FUL
  3. 2007
    27 Jun

    Crown lift 1 Cherry tree and crown clean 1 Crab Apple and 1 Cherry tree within Whixley Conservation Area.

    ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGT07/03344/TCON
  4. 2004
    6 Sep

    Conversion of roof space to form additional living accommodation with erection of 2 no dormer windows & 4 no…

    RefusedFull permissionHGT04/04522/FUL
  5. 2002
    14 Nov

    Formative prune 9 no. Cherry trees within Whixley Conservation Area.

    ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGT02/05336/TCON

Source: Harrogate

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