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St John The Baptist Church Main Street East Ayton Scarborough YO13 9HL

WTCA/2026/00322Works to Trees in Conservation Areas (CA)Approved

Approved on 11 September 2026

Council decision: No objectionsPlanning committee

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Five yew trees on west side of the church, adjacent to the tower - to be reduced in height by a half and reduced in girth.

Received
29 July 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
North York Moors
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Sep
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH MAIN STREET EAST AYTON SCARBOROUGH YO13 9HL. North York Moors has handled 155 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than North York Moors's typical decision time. The site is in the West and East Ayton conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 774 applications in total for the YO13 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at North York Moors were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
YO13 9HL
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Areas (CA)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Ayton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2026
Target decision date
9 September 2026
Committee meeting
30 July 2026
Application expires
9 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Nathan McWhinnie
Statutory period
37 days

Additional information

UPRN
10090177908
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West and East Ayton
  • Listed building: Grade II: 43, Main StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • National park: North York Moors
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

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 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.

Source: North York Moors

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