Planning application
Skipton Girls High School Gargrave Road Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1QL
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Works to tree the subject of Tree Preservation Order TPO/024/2025/CRA (Skipton): Fell 1no. Lime Tree, as tree is dead.
As published by the council, reference 26/04487/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/04487/TPO
- Type
- Protected Tree Works application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 30 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 26 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby
- Parish
- Skipton
- Decision by
- Chief Planner
- Postcode
- BD23 1QL
Comment by 28 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Yorkshire Dales National Park's portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Yorkshire Dales National Park register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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26/00332/TPO Refused
Skipton Girls High School Gargrave Road Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1QL
Removal of 4 pine trees subject to a TPO
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Jul 2026
Received by Yorkshire Dales National Park
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26 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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14 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 21 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Yorkshire Dales National Park took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Craven Forestry Ltd Agent, registered in Skipton
Active · incorporated 2003 · Skipton
28 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 84% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Yorkshire Dales National Park for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Yorkshire Dales National Park decided tree works applications in a median of 40 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Skipton Girls' High School Skipton BD23 1QL
Works to tree subject of a Tree Preservation Order: Removal of 1no. Elm and 1no. Pine tree (TPO Ref: TPO/024/2025/CRA).
Granted Trees 7 docs -
Skipton Girls' High School Skipton BD23 1QL
Works to tree subject of a Tree Preservation Order: Removal of 1no. Elm and 1no. Pine tree (TPO Ref: TPO/024/2025/CRA).
Granted Trees 7 docs -
Skipton Girls' High School Skipton BD23 1QL
Works to tree subject of a Tree Preservation Order: Removal of 1no. Elm and 1no. Pine tree (TPO Ref: TPO/024/2025/CRA).
Granted Trees 7 docs -
34 Raikeswood Road Skipton BD23 1NB
Non material amendment to application 2022/23654/HH to allow the addition of a rooflight (1140mm wide x 1180 high) to the roof to the north.
Granted Amendments Loft or dormer 6 docs -
34 Raikeswood Road Skipton BD23 1NB
Non material amendment to application 2022/23654/HH to allow the addition of a rooflight (1140mm wide x 1180 high) to the roof to the north.
Granted Amendments Loft or dormer 6 docs -
34 Raikeswood Road Skipton BD23 1NB
Non material amendment to application 2022/23654/HH to allow the addition of a rooflight (1140mm wide x 1180 high) to the roof to the north.
Granted Amendments Loft or dormer 6 docs
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