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Birch Lee 20A Main Street Embsay North Yorkshire BD23 6RE

26/06684/TPOProtected Tree Works applicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Works to tree the subject of Tree Preservation Order TPO no. 139/2003 (Embsay). 3no Horse Chestnut Trees (T1-3), Crown Thinning by 15-20%, crown lift the lower canopy to a height of 3.5 metres above ground level; crown reduction to reduce the overall height and spread of the canopy by 20% (approximately 2-2.5 metres) and (T1 only) lateral pruning branches overhanging the neighbouring property and clearing the adjacent telephone lines by a minimum of 1.5 metres

Received
9 October 2026
Decision due
4 December 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
North Yorkshire
Ward
Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby
  1. Received9 Oct
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.14 Nov
  4. Target4 Dec
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 14 November.

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About this application

This is a tree application at Birch Lee 20A Main Street Embsay North Yorkshire BD23 6RE. North Yorkshire has handled 360 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby. 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 6RE
Application type
Protected Tree Works application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Embsay with Eastby

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 October 2026
Consultation expiry
14 November 2026
Consultation start
21 October 2026
Consultation end
14 November 2026
Last date for comments
14 November 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15286205
Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: EmbsayPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: War MemorialOn or next to this site

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, 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.

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Source: North Yorkshire

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