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Windyridge Church Road Thornton In Craven North Yorkshire BD23 3TU

26/01118/TCONTree works in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 12 March 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to trees in Thornton in Craven conservation area: 1no. Goat willow (T1) to be reduced to a 1.8m standing stem

Received
2 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
North Yorkshire
Ward
Skipton West & West Craven
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Mar
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 6 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Windyridge Church Road Thornton In Craven North Yorkshire BD23 3TU. North Yorkshire has handled 360 applications of this type. This one was decided in 10 days, 6 weeks quicker than North Yorkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Skipton West & West Craven. We hold 5,308 applications in total for the BD23 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
BD23 3TU
Application type
Tree works in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thornton in Craven

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2026
Consultation expiry
30 March 2026
Consultation start
6 March 2026
Consultation end
30 March 2026
Last date for comments
30 March 2026
Target decision date
17 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Chris Swinscoe 1 Lane Bottom Barnoldswick BB18 5HG

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.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    14 Nov

    Works to a tree in the Thornton in Craven Conservation Area - Fell 1no. T1 - Cotoneaster Tree

    ApprovedWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaCRAZA24/26535/TCA
  2. 2022
    28 Mar

    T1 - Conifer on corner of barn. Reduce height to gutter height. T2 - Birch. Reduce back x 3 large branches on…

    ApprovedWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaCRA2022/23903/TCA
  3. 2020
    6 Jan

    T1 Conifer - Height reduction by 2m. T2 Ash - Fell

    ApprovedWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaCRA2020/21323/TCA
  4. 2016
    22 Apr

    Remove 1. No Ash sapling. Remove branches around the telephone wire on 1 no. Pine.

    ApprovedWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaCRA69/2016/16872
  5. 2015
    28 Apr

    Fell 1 no. Horse Chestnut Tree (T3 on TPO NO 33 1985)

    ApprovedWorks to a tree with a TPOCRA69/2015/15764
  6. 2014
    5 Nov

    1 No Sycamore - Crown Raise by removing two lowest branches

    ApprovedWorks to a tree with a TPOCRA69/2014/15213

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