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The Old Cottage Shaw Lane Farnham North Yorkshire HG5 9JE

Granted North Yorkshire 26/02229/TCON Tree works in Conservation Areas

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Fell 6 Leylandi, Fell 2 Holly and Crown reduction of 1 no acer by 1-2m in Farnham conservation area. I need to send this in an email The 6 inherited Leylandi are causing serious lack of light in our garden and the neighbours gardens of which we have received numerous complaints of lack of light and heavy branches falling off, therefore we wish to remove them. The 2 holly trees are too big and again cast shadow, these also need to be removed. The acer tree 2 meters from the Leylandi requires a crown reduction.

As published by the council, reference 26/02229/TCON

Application record

Reference
26/02229/TCON
Type
Tree works in Conservation Areas
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Tree Work in Conservation Area approved
Received
1 May 2026
Validated
18 May 2026
Decided
30 Jun 2026
Ward
Boroughbridge & Claro
Parish
Farnham
Decision by
Officer
Postcode
HG5 9JE

Site history

Applications at this address on the North Yorkshire register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/03739/FUL Withdrawn

    The Old Cottage Shaw Lane Farnham North Yorkshire HG5 9JE

    Proposed dropped kerb and new access gate, hardstanding, freestanding electrical charging point and retaining wall and removal of trees and landscaping.

    Decided 3 Mar 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 May 2026

    Received by North Yorkshire

  2. 18 May 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 30 Jun 2026

    Decision issued: Tree Work in Conservation Area approved

  4. 4 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

4 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

North Yorkshire granted permission on 30 June 2026, 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.

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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