Hillside Cottage Hodge Lane Little Smeaton West Yorkshire WF8 3LG Data via plota.co.uk

SELZG2026/0453/TCA - Tree works in Conservation Areas Approved

Proposal

Application for consent to remove 1No Hawthorn tree at the drive entrance and ground level vegetation to the left hand side of the property in the conservation area Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 May 2026
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Validated
11 Jun 2026
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Consultation
17 Jun 2026
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Approved
23 Jul 2026

Approved on 23 Jul 2026 · Chief Planner · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Site constraints 10

Green belt: South and West Yorkshire
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Little Smeaton 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 ↗
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
Radon affected area, class 3; Flood defence 18 m away (natural high ground); Coalfield, development low risk area; SSSI 474 m away: Brockadale SSSI; Inside the Kirk Smeaton and Little Smeaton built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £241,500 in January 2024. Detached house, freehold.

19 January 2024£241,500

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area79 m² (850 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (33 out of 100), could reach A
PropertyDetached house, 4 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2020, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Selby
Application type
Tree works in Conservation Areas
Postcode
WF8 3LG
Received
15 May 2026
Validated
11 Jun 2026
Ward
Osgoldcross
Parish
Little Smeaton (Selby)
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Jul 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
23 Jul 2026
Decision level
Chief Planner
Applicant
Show
Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, about the council's usual 42 days. Approved, as 82% of tree and landscaping works here are.

89%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
83decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 25 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14939641
Planning Portal ref
PP-14939641
Consultation
17 Jun 2026
Comments by
8 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
23 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.