25A Back Lane Sowerby Thirsk North Yorkshire YO7 1NJ

1. 14 Aug 2025

   Received by North York Moors National Park

2. 18 Sep 2025

   Decision issued: Granted

3. 10 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

North York Moors National Park granted permission on 18 September 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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.

• 25A Back Lane Sowerby Thirsk North Yorkshire YO7 1NJ

  ZB25/01514/CAT Submitted 14 Aug 2025 50 yards away

  Notification of Proposed Works to Trees in a Conservation Area: Fir tree, reduce in height by 1.8M to 3 Meters.

  Granted Trees 7 docs

• 25A Back Lane Sowerby Thirsk North Yorkshire YO7 1NJ

  ZB25/01514/CAT Submitted 14 Aug 2025 50 yards away

  Notification of Proposed Works to Trees in a Conservation Area: Fir tree, reduce in height by 1.8M to 3 Meters.

  Granted Trees 7 docs

• 15 Queens Gardens Sowerby Thirsk North Yorkshire YO7 1NL

  ZB25/01500/FUL Submitted 12 Aug 2025 50 yards away

  Application for replacement conservatory on the rear elevation of existing dwelling.

  Granted Full applications Extension 14 docs
  Small domestic

• 15 Queens Gardens Sowerby Thirsk North Yorkshire YO7 1NL

  ZB25/01500/FUL Submitted 12 Aug 2025 50 yards away

  Application for replacement conservatory on the rear elevation of existing dwelling.

  Granted Full applications Extension 14 docs
  Small domestic

• Humming Birds Nursery 1 Back Lane Sowerby Thirsk North Yorkshire YO7 1NQ

  HAMZB26/00896/FUL Submitted 19 May 2026 150 yards away

  91% historically approved · decision due ~25 Aug

  Retention of a small, simple, lightweight ancillary stock-storage structure in the narrow side passage at the side/rear of the existing convenience store, measuring approximately 6.5 m x 2.4 m x 2.3 m maximum height. The construction is deliberately minimal: a basic timber frame (C24-graded softwood) covered with light-grey profiled metal sheeting to the side and roof, a single timber-framed access door, and a translucent polycarbonate light-panel to the rear for daylight. There are no new foundations ? the structure sits directly on the existing concrete yard. There is no excavation, no masonry, no internal lining, no fitted ceiling, no new flooring, no plumbing, no drainage connections, no heating, no lighting other than the daylight panel, and no machinery. It is, in effect, a simple weather shelter for stock ? and it is wholly reversible: the whole thing could be unbolted and removed in a day, leaving the yard exactly as it was. The structure is used solely as back-of-house stock storage to support the day-to-day operation of the convenience store. The additional reserve storage it provides is essential to the practical viability of the shop, enabling stock to be replenished promptly and the shop to continue serving Sowerby residents reliably. The convenience store is a much-valued local amenity, and this modest storage shelter genuinely supports its day-to-day operation. There is no change of use, no increase in publicly accessible sales floorspace, no alteration to the principal (front) elevation of the shop, and no change to staffing or opening hours. The application is submitted retrospectively to regularise the position, following the site visit by Mr Dave Seavers of the Council's planning team. The applicant is willing to accept reasonable planning conditions (for example, on cladding colour or fire-resistance to the boundary lining).

  Decided Full applications

• 148 Front Street Sowerby Thirsk North Yorkshire YO7 1JN

  ZB26/00136/LBC Submitted 26 Jan 2026 150 yards away

  Listed Building Consent for the demolition of existing outbuilding; construction of conservatory to the rear of the property; and erection of railings and gate[s] to the front of the property to include Nr 146 Front Street

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings Extension Demolition 13 docs

• 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