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31A High Street Spofforth Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 1BQ

ZC25/00193/TCONTree works in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 5 February 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided5 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

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

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