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St John The Baptists Church St Johns Road Bishop Monkton North Yorkshire HG3 3QZ

25/04382/TCONTree works in Conservation AreasPermitted

Proposal

Fell 1 no. Elm tree (T2 on submitted plan), fell 1 no. Sycamore tree (T3 on submitted plan), fell 3 no. Cypress trees (within G1 on submitted plan (no.'s 1751, 1744 & 1743)) and lateral reduction to 1 no. Cypress tree (within G1 on submitted plan) to provide a 1 metre clearance from gable elevation of ajacent property. Within Bishop Monkton Conservation Area.

Received
10 December 2025
Decided
9 January 2026 · Tree Work in Conservation Area approved
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
North Yorkshire
Ward
Wathvale & Bishop Monkton
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.16 Jan
  4. Target21 Jan
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in North Yorkshire92% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at St John The Baptists Church St Johns Road Bishop Monkton North Yorkshire HG3 3QZ. North Yorkshire has handled 321 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 34 days. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 days quicker than North Yorkshire's median. The site is in the Bishop Monkton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Wathvale & Bishop Monkton. We hold 3,186 applications in total for the HG3 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
25/04382/TCON
Address
St John The Baptists Church St Johns Road Bishop Monkton North Yorkshire HG3 3QZ
Postcode
HG3 3QZ
Local Authority
North Yorkshire
Application Type
Tree works in Conservation Areas
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Wathvale & Bishop Monkton
Parish
Bishop Monkton

Applicant & Agent

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

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
10 December 2025
Consultation Expiry
16 January 2026
Target Decision Date
21 January 2026
Date Decided
9 January 2026
Date Validated
10 December 2025
Date Submitted
10 December 2025
Consultation Start
23 December 2025
Consultation End
16 January 2026
Last Date for Comments
16 January 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Tree Work in Conservation Area approved
Decided By
Officer
Statutory Period
42 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14553969
Comments
2
Documents
4
Coordinates
54.089203, -1.498245
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: North Yorkshire

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Planning constraints

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

  • Conservation area: Bishop Monkton
  • 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 2026-10-09. 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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