Junction Of Colne And Broughton Road With Stockbridge Lane Thornton In Craven Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 3ST Data via plota.co.uk

26/02026/TPO - Protected Tree Works application Approved

Proposal

Works to TPO No. 5/1970 Thornton-in-Craven: T1 - semi mature Lime tree, to be crown lifted to 2.4m above ground level, to achieve statutory highway clearance. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
22 Apr 2026
Validated
27 Apr 2026
Consultation
28 Apr 2026
Approved
4 Jun 2026

Approved on 4 Jun 2026 · Chief Planner · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 3

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Thornton-in-Craven built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Craven
Application type
Protected Tree Works application
Postcode
BD23 3ST
Received
22 Apr 2026
Validated
27 Apr 2026
Ward
Skipton West & West Craven
Parish
Thornton in Craven
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Jun 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
4 Jun 2026
Decision level
Chief Planner
Applicant
Show
Agent
Craven Forestry Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 38 days from validation, about the council's usual 35 days. Approved, as 82% of tree and landscaping works here are.

95%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
110decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Craven in the last twelve months, from validation. Craven decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14878170
Consultation
28 Apr 2026
Comments by
22 May 2026
Site or press notice
30 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No