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Melsonby Farm 53 West Road Melsonby Richmond North Yorkshire DL10 5ND

ZD26/00042/TCATrees in Conservation AreasRefused

Refused on 23 March 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Notice of intention for works to trees: Reduce in height and crown lift to 4no. Silver Birch trees and reduce 1no. Elm tree

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Richmondshire
Ward
North Richmondshire
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Melsonby Farm 53 West Road Melsonby Richmond North Yorkshire DL10 5ND. Richmondshire has handled 139 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than Richmondshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Melsonby conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across North Richmondshire. We hold 802 applications in total for the DL10 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
DL10 5ND
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Melsonby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Last date for comments
4 March 2026
Target decision date
9 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
2

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: Melsonby
  • Listed building: Grade II: Melsonsby FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (19)

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, 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: Richmondshire

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