East End Cottage Preston Under Scar Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 4AQ Data via plota.co.uk

ZD26/00557/TCA - Trees in Conservation Areas Awaiting decision

Proposal

Notice of intention to reduce the overall height of 1no. tree (Silver Birch) by one third of its current height, including trunk and side branches above the height of the reduction Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 24 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 5 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 26 Oct 2026 and 5 Nov 2026, from Richmondshire's recent tree and landscaping works.

Site constraints 6

Preston under Scar 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 ↗
Public footpath 17 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.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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 £230,000 in March 2024. Semi-detached house, freehold.

21 March 2024£230,000

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

Building

Floor area81 m² (872 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (28 out of 100), could reach C
PropertySemi-detached house, 4 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, dual fuel (mineral and wood)
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Postcode
DL8 4AQ
Received
around 24 Sept 2026
Validated
24 Sept 2026
Ward
Leyburn & Middleham
Parish
Preston-Under-Scar Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 15 of the 56-day target. Richmondshire usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 39.

Day 1541 days to the 56-day target
88%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
49decided in the last year

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

Public comments

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Last counted 6 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
5 Nov 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.