31A High Street Spofforth Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 1BQ
Approved on 5 February 2025
Council decision: Tree Work in Conservation Area approvedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Works to trees in Spofforth Conservation Area. Crown reduction of 1 No. Damson (T1) (by 2m) and lateral reduction (by 1.5m). Crown reduction of 1 No. Ornamental Plum (T2) (by 1.5m) and lateral reduction (by 1.5m).
- Received
- 23 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Harrogate
- Ward
- Spofforth,L Whdl,Tockwith
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation20 Feb
- TargetTarget Date6 Mar
- DecidedDecided5 Feb
Decided in 13 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 31A High Street Spofforth Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 1BQ. 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 Spofforth conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Spofforth,L Whdl,Tockwith. We hold 3,250 applications in total for the HG3 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
- HG3 1BQ
- Application type
- Tree works in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Spofforth With Stockeld
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 20 February 2025
- Consultation start
- 27 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 20 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 6 March 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- T.Howie Tree Specialist
- Agent address
- Mr Tom Howie 159 Woodfield Road HARROGATE HG1 4JB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Spofforth
- 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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Source: Harrogate
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