Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

The Ashes 2 Appleby Avenue Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 9LZ

Refused Yorkshire Dales National Park 25/04551/TPO Protected Tree Works application

Works: Trees

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Fell 1 No Sorbus (T25) of Tree Preservation order 05/2008.

As published by the council, reference 25/04551/TPO

Application record

Reference
25/04551/TPO
Type
Protected Tree Works application
Status
Decided
Decision
Application Refused
Received
17 Dec 2025
Validated
17 Dec 2025
Decided
4 Feb 2026
Ward
Knaresborough West
Parish
Knaresborough
Decision by
Chief Planner
Postcode
HG5 9LZ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Yorkshire Dales National Park register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 1 refused.

  • 25/03353/TPO Granted

    The Ashes 2 Appleby Avenue Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 9LZ

    Crown lift of approx 2.5m and lateral reduction by up to 2m of 1no. Sorbus under Tree Preservation Order 05/2008.

    Decided 5 Nov 2025 Trees
  • 25/02998/TPO Granted

    The Ashes 2 Appleby Avenue Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 9LZ

    Works to 1 no. Crab Apple (T24) of Tree Preservation Order 05/2008. Crown lift to achieve 2.5 metres clearance above ground. Crown reduction of lateral spread by 2m. Cutting back some of the lower branches on the neighbour's side.

    Decided 14 Oct 2025 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Dec 2025

    Received by Yorkshire Dales National Park

  2. 4 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Application Refused

  3. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

9 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Trade members open them from here.

Open the documents

What this refusal means

Yorkshire Dales National Park refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

In Yorkshire Dales National Park

  • 26/04701/TCON Granted

    38 St Marks Avenue Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 8AE

    Fell 1 no Whitebeam (T1) and Crown Reduction (by 2-3m) of 1 no Mountain Ash within Harrogate Conservation Area.

    7 Aug 2026 Trees
  • 26/03913/TCON Granted

    Hill House Well Bank Well North Yorkshire DL8 2QG

    Remove 1 x Cherry Blossom (No1 on sketch), remove 1 x Conifer(No2 on sketch), remove unknown species covered in Ivy next to neighbour's workshop to south east corner of site by the roadside (No3 on sketch)

    13 Jul 2026 Trees
  • 26/05202/TCON Awaiting decision

    Apartment 4 The Osborne 2A South Park Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 5QN

    Lateral Reduction to west by 2 metres of 2 no. Beech trees (G1) within Harrogate Conservation Area

    24 Aug 2026 Trees
  • 26/05181/TCON Awaiting decision

    28 Princess Road Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 1HS

    Fell 1 No Sycamore in Ripon conservation area.

    21 Aug 2026 Trees
  • 26/04389/TCON Granted

    8 Kent Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2LE

    Lateral reduction (by 1-1.5m) of 1 no Tilia Lime tree (T1), crown reduction (by 1-1.5m) of 1 no Sycamore tree (G1) within Harrogate Conservation Area.

    28 Jul 2026 Trees