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5 Christ Church Oval Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 5AJ

ZC23/02017/TPOProtected Tree Works applicationRefused

Refused on 11 July 2023

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Fell 1no. Sycamore tree within Tree Preservation Order 02/1973 and replace with a number of ornamental trees.

Received
26 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Council
Harrogate
Ward
Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.29 Jun
  4. Target21 Jul
  5. Decided11 Jul

Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Christ Church Oval Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 5AJ. Harrogate has handled 2,683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 3 days quicker than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in the Harrogate conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate. We hold 3,223 applications in total for the HG1 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
HG1 5AJ
Application type
Protected Tree Works application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrogate

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2023
Consultation expiry
2 July 2023
Consultation start
5 June 2023
Consultation end
29 June 2023
Target decision date
21 July 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 June 2023
Site notice end
2 July 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
23/00057/REFTPO
Appeal status
Awaiting decision

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Harrogate
  • 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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2014
    21 Feb

    Crown reduction by 95% or fell 1 Sycamore tree - Tree Preservation Order No. 2 1973.

    RefusedProtected Tree Works applicationHGT14/00798/TPO
  2. 2013
    27 Apr

    Felling of 1 Sycamore tree of group G2 of Tree Preservation Order 02/1973

    RefusedProtected Tree Works applicationHGT13/01528/TPO
  3. 2006
    19 Sep

    Crown thin and lift 1 Sycamore Tree within group G2 of Tree Preservation Order 02/1973

    ApprovedProtected Tree Works applicationHGT06/04755/TPO
  4. 2003
    7 May

    Felling and removal of 1 no. Cherry Plum tree, 1 no. Silver Birch tree and 4 no. Leylandii Cypress trees…

    ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGT03/02113/TCON
  5. 2003
    28 Apr

    Crown lift and balance, crown clean and thin by 10% and draw back lateral limbs on 1 no. Sycamore Tree within…

    ApprovedProtected Tree Works applicationHGT03/01976/TPO

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