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26/01308/TCON - Tree works in Conservation Areas Approved

Proposal

Removal of lowest branch on east side of 1 No Ash In Ripley Conservation area. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Mar 2026
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Consultation
26 Mar 2026
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Approved
8 Apr 2026

Approved on 8 Apr 2026 · Officer · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 9

Public bridleway about 2 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Ripley conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Registered park or garden about 5 m away: Ripley Castle
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Scheduled monument about 92 m away: Cross base in All Saints' churchyard
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Lowland fens
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
22 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Gatehouse Approximately 80 Metres South of Ripley Castle, Grade I, about 31 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade I, 3 Grade II*, 17 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Priority habitat about 16 m away: Lowland fens.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Harrogate
Application type
Tree works in Conservation Areas
Postcode
HG3 3AY
Received
16 Mar 2026
Validated
16 Mar 2026
Ward
Masham & Fountains
Parish
Ripley
Case officer
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Target decision
27 Apr 2026
Decision
Tree Work in Conservation Area approved
Decision date
8 Apr 2026
Decision level
Officer
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 23 days from validation, 10 days faster than Harrogate's median of 33 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 88% of tree and landscaping works here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
408decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14781257
Planning Portal ref
PP-14781257
Consultation
26 Mar 2026
Comments by
19 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
27 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No