Raithwaite

Following refusal of planning permission for a woodland holiday park by Scarborough Borough Council on grounds of loss and deterioration of ancient woodland, Sylvan was instructed by Raithwaite Estate to undertake a historic landscape assessment of the woodland’s origin.

We found conclusive evidence that the vast majority of the woodland was planted in the late C19, although one fragment of ancient woodland was confirmed.

Our findings were accepted in full by Natural England.