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2 Esplanade Court St Marys Walk Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 0LW

25/02506/TPOProtected Tree Works applicationApproved

Approved on 1 September 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Felling of 1 no. Sorbus tree (T1) of Tree Preservation Order 07/2009 T1.

Received
21 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
North Yorkshire
Ward
Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 Esplanade Court St Marys Walk Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 0LW. North Yorkshire has handled 360 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than North Yorkshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Deard's End Lane, Knebworth conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate. We hold 594 applications in total for the HG2 postcode area.

92% of trees applications at North Yorkshire were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
HG2 0LW
Application type
Protected Tree Works application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrogate

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2025
Consultation expiry
24 August 2025
Consultation start
29 July 2025
Consultation end
22 August 2025
Last date for comments
24 August 2025
Target decision date
15 September 2025
Permission expires
1 September 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
English Tree Care
Agent address
Mr Paul Park Righouse Barn Smelthouses Harrogate HG3 4DL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
31 July 2025
Site notice end
24 August 2025

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    21 Jul

    Crown lift (by 4m) of 1no. London Plane (T2) within Harrogate Conservation Area

    ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasFiled alongside25/02505/TCON
  2. 2025
    21 Jul

    Felling of 1 no. Sorbus tree (T1) of Tree Preservation Order 07/2009

    This applicationApprovedTrees25/02506/TPO

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