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The Old Vicarage Church Lane Boroughbridge York North Yorkshire YO51 9BA

HGTZC24/03572/TPOProtected Tree Works applicationApproved

Approved on 2 December 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to trees subject to Tree Preservation Order No. 30/2003. Crown Lift 1 No. Lime tree (T1) of lower canopy to 5m above ground. Lift above the roof ridge to provide 2m vertical clearance, reduce away from the chimney stack to provide 2m lateral clearance. Reduce the low branch extending west towards neighbours property by 2m in length to retain 4m.

Received
21 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Council
Harrogate
Ward
Boroughbridge & Claro
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target16 Dec
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Vicarage Church Lane Boroughbridge York North Yorkshire YO51 9BA. Harrogate has handled 2,683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in the Boroughbridge conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Boroughbridge & Claro. We hold 1,085 applications in total for the YO51 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
YO51 9BA
Application type
Protected Tree Works application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Boroughbridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 October 2024
Consultation expiry
23 November 2024
Consultation start
25 October 2024
Consultation end
18 November 2024
Target decision date
16 December 2024
Permission expires
2 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
English Tree Care
Agent address
Mr Paul Park Righouse Barn Smelthouses Harrogate HG3 4DL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
30 October 2024
Site notice end
23 November 2024

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: BoroughbridgePart of the 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 (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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    21 Oct

    Works to trees subject to Tree Preservation Order No. 30/2003

    This applicationApprovedTreesHGTZC24/03572/TPO
  2. 2024
    21 Oct

    Works to Trees in Boroughbridge Conservation area. Lateral reduction of 1 No Yew (T1) By 2m in length to 3m…

    ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasFiled alongsideHGTZC24/03573/TCON

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