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The Gate House 2A College Road Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 2HD

25/03564/TPOProtected Tree Works applicationApproved

Approved on 10 December 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Selective pruning (prune lowest 2 westerly branches by 2m and 3rd lowest westerly branch by 3m) of 1 no. Sycamore (T1) and selective pruning (prune lower westerly branch by 2m) of 1 no. Sycamore (T2) within Tree Preservation Order 41/1999 G1.

Received
14 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
North Yorkshire
Ward
Ripon Ure Bank & Spa
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated22 Oct
  3. Consult.16 Nov
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided10 Dec

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Gate House 2A College Road Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 2HD. North Yorkshire has handled 360 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than North Yorkshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Ripon conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Ripon Ure Bank & Spa. We hold 2,235 applications in total for the HG4 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
HG4 2HD
Application type
Protected Tree Works application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ripon

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 October 2025
Consultation expiry
22 November 2025
Consultation start
23 October 2025
Consultation end
16 November 2025
Last date for comments
22 November 2025
Target decision date
17 December 2025
Permission expires
10 December 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
29 October 2025
Site notice end
22 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14403553
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ripon
  • Listed building: Grade II: The CottagesOn this site
  • Brownfield land register: BR93Register site at or near this address
  • 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 (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 parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    14 Oct

    Selective pruning (prune lowest 2 westerly branches by 2m and 3rd lowest westerly branch by 3m) of 1 no…

    This applicationApprovedTrees25/03564/TPO
  2. 2025
    13 Oct

    Crown lift (to 4.5m above garden) of 1 no. Beech (T3) within Ripon Conservation Area.

    ApprovedTree works in Conservation AreasFiled alongside25/03528/TCON

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