Cemetery Water Lane Kirk Smeaton West Yorkshire

ZG2023/1309/TCATree in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 15 January 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Reduce by 40% one Cherry tree (1) at the entrance to the Allotments/Cemetery in Kirk Smeaton Cemetery and reduce by 40% two Mountain Ash trees (2 and 3) at the rear of the Cemetery backing on to Low Farm in the conservation area

Received: 6 December 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Selby
Ward: Osgoldcross

ReceivedReceived6 Dec
ValidatedValidated6 Dec
Consult.Consultation10 Jan
TargetTarget Date17 Jan
DecidedDecided15 Jan

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Cemetery Water Lane Kirk Smeaton West Yorkshire. Selby has handled 606 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Selby's typical decision time. The site is in the Kirk Smeaton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Osgoldcross.

80% of trees applications at Selby were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Kirk Smeaton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 December 2023
Consultation expiry: 10 January 2024
Consultation start: 19 December 2023
Consultation end: 10 January 2024
Last date for comments: 10 January 2024
Target decision date: 17 January 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 8
Constraints: 17

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: Kirk Smeaton
Green belt: North Yorkshire
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, listed buildings, 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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© 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.

Source: Selby

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