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Clitheroe Castle Grounds Clitheroe BB7 1BG

37819Application for tree works in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 3 October 2025

Council decision: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Lime - Remove deadwood overhanging path. T3 Cherry - Fell dead tree. T9 Sycamore - Fell. T13 Red Horse Chestnut - Prune tree to reduce northwest side of canopy by up to approximately 2m pruning surrounding canopy to match. T27 Tree of Heavan - Reduce easterly limb and crown clean. T28 Holly - Fell dead tree. T29 Oak - Prune tree to remove lowest branch to west. G3 Lime - Prune applicable trees to attain approximately 2m clearance over roof of toilet block. G11 Ash Remove early mature Ash (marked G11a) to north-east due to conflict with adjacent building. G14 Prunus - Prune four Cherry Plum by up to approximately 1.5m, sever Ivy at base, and prune Sargent Cherry marked G14a to reduce overhangs over adjacent footpath. G19 Ash, Beech & Sycamore - Prune applicable semi mature trees to attain 1.5m clearance to adjacent buildings & remove dead Hawthorn and dying Elm and Ash.

Received
12 September 2025
  1. Received12 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 16 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Clitheroe Castle Grounds Clitheroe BB7 1BG. Ribble Valley has handled 117 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 weeks quicker than Ribble Valley's typical decision time. The site is in the Clitheroe conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,415 applications in total for the BB7 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at Ribble Valley Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BB7 1BG
Application type
Application for tree works in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2025
Committee meeting
3 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    12 Sep

    G10 (Lime) - Fully pollard 9 mature lime trees adjacent to Eshton Terrace.

    ApprovedTreesFiled alongside37818
  2. 2025
    12 Sep

    T1 Lime - Remove deadwood overhanging path. T3 Cherry - Fell dead tree. T9 Sycamore - Fell. T13 Red Horse…

    This applicationApprovedTrees37819

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