Lowood House Market Place Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5BJ
Approved on 27 October 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notice of intention to fell two cherry trees to ground level and remove all arisings (Prunus spp.)- driveway to Lowood House and proposed works: to Leyland cypress (x Cuprocyparis leylandii) Selective reduction/removal of overhanging boughs only, to provide clearance and protect the greenhouse
- Received
- 19 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Richmondshire
- Ward
- Leyburn & Middleham
- Agent
- John G Hills and Partners
- ReceivedReceived19 Sep
- ValidatedValidated19 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date31 Oct
- DecidedDecided27 Oct
Decided in 38 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at Lowood House Market Place Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5BJ. Richmondshire has handled 139 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 4 weeks quicker than Richmondshire's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Leyburn & Middleham. We hold 1,067 applications in total for the DL8 postcode area.
84% of trees applications at Richmondshire were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- DL8 5BJ
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Leyburn Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 31 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 27 October 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- John G Hills and Partners
- Agent address
- John G Hills & Partners Estate Office Market Place Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5EW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: LeyburnPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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 (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: Richmondshire
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