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26/00332/TPO

Skipton Girls High School Gargrave Road Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1QL

Refused North Yorkshire Protected Tree Works application

Proposal

Removal of 4 pine trees subject to a TPO

As published by the council, reference 26/00332/TPO

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 Jan 2026

    Received by North Yorkshire

  2. 23 Jan 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 18 Mar 2026

    Decision issued: Application Refused

  4. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About trees applications

How this application type works

Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.

More on trees applications in our guide

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Within 500 metres

  • 26/00332/TPO Refused

    Skipton Girls High School Gargrave Road Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1QL

    Removal of 4 pine trees subject to a TPO

    20 Jan 2026 0m away Trees
  • 26/03289/TPO Awaiting decision

    5 Rockwood Close Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1UG

    Works to a trees the subject of a Tree Preservation Order: T1 (Limetilia): Remove due to having fungus at the base; T2 (Limetilia): Remove due to having bracket fungus (ganoderma) at the base. (TPO No. 1 (1968) Skipton).

    19 Jun 2026 108m away Trees
  • 26/03289/TPO Awaiting decision

    5 Rockwood Close Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1UG

    Works to a trees the subject of a Tree Preservation Order: T1 (Limetilia): Remove due to having fungus at the base; T2 (Limetilia): Remove due to having bracket fungus (ganoderma) at the base. (TPO No. 1 (1968) Skipton).

    19 Jun 2026 108m away Trees
  • 26/04180/TPO Awaiting decision

    8A Park Wood Close Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1QW

    Works to T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6 and T7.

    20 Jul 2026 116m away Trees
  • 26/04180/TPO Awaiting decision

    8A Park Wood Close Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1QW

    Works to T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6 and T7.

    20 Jul 2026 116m away Trees
  • 47 Rockwood Drive Skipton BD23 1UW

    Works to trees in Skipton Conservation area T1 Birch - Remove to ground level, T2 Birch - Reduce lateral canopy (by 0.5m), T3 Birch - Reduce lateral canopy (by 0.5-1m)

    1 Dec 2025 183m away Trees

In North Yorkshire

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    16 Jan 2026 Trees
  • ZB25/02203/TPO Granted

    20 Copperclay Walk Easingwold York North Yorkshire YO61 3RU

    Application for works to trees subject to a tree preservation order: 1997/12 T110, beech. (Canopy reduction of 0.5-1m laterally).

    8 Dec 2025 Trees
  • 25/04173/TCON Decided

    Royal Bridge York Place Harrogate North Yorkshire

    Felling of 1 No. English Oak (T1) within Harrogate Conservation Area

    26 Nov 2025 Trees
  • ZE26/00020/TPO Granted

    Coronation House Main Street Flaxton North Yorkshire YO60 7RT

    Fell 1no. (T2) Silver Birch tree within TPO 376/2025

    13 Jan 2026 Trees
  • ZG2026/0054/TPO Granted

    4 Beckwith Hall Drive Riccall North Yorkshire YO19 6SY

    Application for consent to reduce 5No Yew trees (T2 - T6) by approximately 1m and remove 1No branch to 1No Yew tree (T2) covered by TPO 5/1980

    20 Jan 2026 Trees