Planning application
The Croft Skipton Old Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7AE
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
The dead and potentially dangerous tree to be removed is located adjacent to footpath FP1304124 approximately 25 meters above the bottom corner of the garden of Standroyd, Skipton old road. The Hawthorn bushes are adjacent to footpath FP 1304124 approximately 50 meters further up the footpath beside an open gateway between the middle fields on the Triangle. A number of other trees and shrubs are significantly overgrowing into the Lidgett Triangle around the perimeter, particularly a number of houses on Keighley road, Bent lane and Skipton old road. The works is intended to provide essential maintenance for the environmental health of the fields and improve the overall appearance.
As published by the council, reference 26/0651/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0651/TCA
- Type
- Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 17 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 18 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Boulsworth & Foulridge
- Parish
- Colne Town Council
- Postcode
- BB8 7AE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Pendle register
This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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21/0711/CND Granted
The Croft Skipton Old Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7AE
Approval of details reserved by condition: Discharge Condition 4 (Tree protection) of Planning Permission 21/0078/HHO.
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21/0334/CND Granted
The Croft Skipton Old Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7AE
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition: Discharge of condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission 21/0078/HHO.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Sep 2026
Received by Pendle
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18 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 13 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Pendle took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Pendle for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Pendle decided tree works applications in a median of 8 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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26/0602/TCA Granted
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Removal of sycamore tree. Tree is 3.3 metres away from the property and poses a risk of subsidence to the rear of the property. Sycamores have expansive, aggressive, and relatively shallow root networks and the soil is predominantly clay on the property. Large overhang of branches over the roof of the rear of the property pose a risk to damage if one breaks and falls. Also causing moss to form on the roof tiles, which has to be removed annually. Planting several upright hawthorns Crataegus monogyna Stricta along the boundary of the property. Maintenance of cherry tree to the front of the property, pruning and raising the crown slightly to preserve and maintain the tree. Both trees are marked on the property map attached to this application along with photographs.