Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

Oak Tree Cottage Nidd Lane To West House Farm And Clint Cottage Birstwith North Yorkshire HG3 3AW

Awaiting decision North York Moors National Park 26/03361/TPO Protected Tree Works application

Works: Trees

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Fell 1 no Oak (T5) of Tree Preservation Order 09/2010 T3

As published by the council, reference 26/03361/TPO

Application record

Reference
26/03361/TPO
Type
Protected Tree Works application
Status
Registered
Received
23 Jun 2026
Validated
23 Jun 2026
Ward
Washburn & Birstwith
Parish
Birstwith
Decision by
Chief Planner
Postcode
HG3 3AW

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Jun 2026

    Received by North York Moors National Park

  2. 2 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 18 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    North York Moors National Park took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

MWA Arboriculture Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Leicester

Active · incorporated 2009 · Leicester

294 applications on PlanIndex · across 97 councils · 86% granted

Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.

See their track record

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

13 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

What happens while it is decided

This application is with North York Moors National Park for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year North York Moors National Park decided tree works applications in a median of 42 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About tree works applications

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

In North York Moors National Park

  • ZD26/00611/TCA Awaiting decision

    Annexe West Rookery Middleton Tyas North Yorkshire DL10 6RD

    Notice of intention to cut back 6-8ft and reduce height to approx. 10ft to 2no. Holly trees

    Received 25 Sep, published by the council 3 Oct 2026 Trees
  • ZD26/00615/TCA Awaiting decision

    47 High Green Catterick Village Richmond North Yorkshire DL10 7LN

    Notice of intention to remove 1no. Cherry (Prunus) down to ground level due to roots causing issues with underground drainage

    Received 25 Sep, published by the council 3 Oct 2026 Trees
  • ZE26/00702/HN Decided

    Hartswood Lodge Scarborough Road East Knapton North Yorkshire YO17 8JA

    Removal of 86m of hedgerow

    Received 14 Aug, published by the council 13 Sep 2026 Trees
  • ZD26/00557/TCA Awaiting decision

    East End Cottage Preston Under Scar Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 4AQ

    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

    Received 24 Sep, published by the council 3 Oct 2026 Trees
  • 26/05098/TPO Granted

    Swinton Estate High Swinton Village Side Roads Swinton North Yorkshire

    Crown Lift (to 5.2m) and remove deadwood of 1 no Ash (T135) Remove Elm (1 meter from base) of 1 no Ash (T136) Remove dead wood of 1 no Lime (T137) Fell 1 no Ash (T138) Remove dead wood of 1 no Lime (T139) Remove large dead branch of 1 no Lime (T572) Make branch field side safe of 1 no Ash (T140) Crown Lift (to 5.2 meters) and remove dead lower branches on middle two trees of 4 no Lime within Tree Preservation Order 09/1994.

    Received 19 Aug, published by the council 26 Aug 2026 Trees