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Old Swan Hotel Swan Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2SR

ZC24/02325/TPOProtected Tree Works applicationApproved

Approved on 10 September 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Crown lift (by 2 metres) 1 no. Cherry (T415) of Tree Preservation Order No. 48/2015 G3

Received
11 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Harrogate
Ward
Coppice Valley & Duchy
Agent
GM Tree Consultants
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided10 Sep

Decided in 61 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Old Swan Hotel Swan Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2SR. Harrogate has handled 2,683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 12 days longer than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in the Harrogate conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Coppice Valley & Duchy. 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 2SR
Application type
Protected Tree Works application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrogate

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2024
Consultation expiry
8 August 2024
Consultation start
15 July 2024
Consultation end
8 August 2024
Target decision date
5 September 2024
Permission expires
10 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
GM Tree Consultants
Agent address
Gary Marsden 16 Farfield Drive Lower Darwen Darwen BB3 0RJ 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.

  • Conservation area: Harrogate
  • Listed building: Grade II: Old Swan HotelOn this site · +2 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    24 Sep

    Approval of details required under conditions 6 (Site Investigation Report and Remediation Strategy) and 10…

    Confirmation of discharge of conditionsDischarge of conditionsHGT19/04073/DISCON
  2. 2013
    22 Nov

    Formation of new car park.

    RefusedFull permissionHGT13/04631/FUL
  3. 2013
    21 Nov

    Erection of 33 retirement flats with associated landscaping and car parking (Site Area 0.68ha).

    ApprovedFull application - MajorHGT13/04655/FULMAJ
  4. 2012
    15 Jun

    Erection of gazebo.

    ApprovedFull permissionHGT12/02387/FUL
  5. 2011
    6 Apr

    Remove branches extending over wall of 1 Walnut tree within the Harrogate Conservation Area.

    ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGT11/01463/TCON
  6. 2010
    15 Mar

    Felling of 1 Sycamore tree, crown lift by 4m of 1 Yew tree and removal of limb of 1 Sycamore tree within…

    ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasHGT10/01053/TCON

Source: Harrogate

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