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1 Sovereign House Sovereign Park Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2SF

26/01331/TCONTree works in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 8 April 2026

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

Proposal

Crown reduction of 3 no. Yew trees (T1-T3) by 1-1.5m in Harrogate Conservation Area.

Received
16 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
North Yorkshire
Ward
Coppice Valley & Duchy
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.18 Apr
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Sovereign House Sovereign Park Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2SF. North Yorkshire has handled 360 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 4 weeks quicker than North Yorkshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Harrogate conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Coppice Valley & Duchy. We hold 3,223 applications in total for the HG1 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
HG1 2SF
Application type
Tree works in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrogate

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2026
Consultation expiry
18 April 2026
Consultation start
25 March 2026
Consultation end
18 April 2026
Last date for comments
18 April 2026
Target decision date
27 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Tree People
Agent address
Mr David Humberstone 3 Tentergate Road Knaresborough HG59BG

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14397453
Documents
5

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
  • Registered park and garden: Valley Gardens
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

Source: North Yorkshire

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