Planning application
Swifts Cottage High Street Hovingham North Yorkshire YO62 4LA
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Pruning of 1no. Cherry Tree back by approximately 1 metre, fell 1 no. Ash Tree, fell 2 no. Cypress Trees
As published by the council, reference ZE26/00757/CAT
Application record
- Reference
- ZE26/00757/CAT
- Type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 2 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 2 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Amotherby And Ampleforth
- Parish
- Hovingham Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegatable Decision
- Postcode
- YO62 4LA
Comment by 6 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Yorkshire Dales National Park's portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Sep 2026
Received by Yorkshire Dales National Park
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18 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 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.
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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.
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