Planning application
The Cottage 1 Shires Lane Embsay North Yorkshire BD23 6RR
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 - Horse chestnut - crown lift to give a clearance of 4.5m from ground level and crown thin by approximately 20%, selectively removing smaller and weaker branches to reduce the density of the inner crown. T2 - Horse Chestnut - Crown lift to give a clearance of 4.5m from ground level and reduce the canopy growing towards the property selectively removing branches that are growing towards the property and chimney. The work is intended to provide a suitable clearance from the property while maintaining the tree's natural shape. T3 - Yew - Remove.
As published by the council, reference 26/05240/TCON
Application record
- Reference
- 26/05240/TCON
- Type
- Tree works in Conservation Areas
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 25 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 25 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby
- Parish
- Embsay with Eastby
- Decision by
- Officer
- Postcode
- BD23 6RR
Comment by 7 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on North York Moors National Park's portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Aug 2026
Received by North York Moors National Park
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21 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 20 October 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
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Heley Tree Care Agent, a tree-works contractor
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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 40 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.
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3 Laurel Close Embsay Skipton BD23 6RS
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T2 - Sycamore - crown lift to 5 metres from ground level and remove the 2 largest lower branches.
Split decision Trees 1 doc -
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Laurel Bank 3 Shires Lane Embsay North Yorkshire BD23 6RR
Works to a tree the subject of a Tree Preservation Order: Oak tree - Remove dangerous cracked limb overhanging Shires Lane (Tree is T125 of TPO 525-2-1971).
Granted Trees 10 docs -
Laurel Bank 3 Shires Lane Embsay North Yorkshire BD23 6RR
Works to a tree the subject of a Tree Preservation Order: Oak tree - Remove dangerous cracked limb overhanging Shires Lane (Tree is T125 of TPO 525-2-1971).
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