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Laurel House Woodville Road Highfield Keighley West Yorkshire BD20 6JA

05/04416/TPOTree Preservation OrderRefused

Refused on 1 July 2005

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

0268 Oak - The applicattion to crown thin the tree by 10% is denied. This is because the pruning is considered to be inappropriate as the tree presently has a very high, light and narrow crown and the pruning would have a detrimental effect on both its amenity value and its health.0269 Lime - Application to carryout cable bracing is allowed. 0270 Horse Chestnut - Application to fell the tree is allowed. 0271 Maple - No Action0272 Sycamore - Application to fell this tree is denied. The tree is currently in a stable condition and adds to the streetscene amenity value along Woodville Road. A future application to remove this tree might be looked upon more favourably if new trees were planted and had subsequently established first.0273 Sycamore - Application to fell this tree is denied. The tree is currently in a stable condition and adds to the streetscene amenity value along Woodville Road. A future application to remove this tree might be looked upon more favourably if new trees were planted and had subsequently established first.0274 Sycamore - No action.0275 Sycamore - Application to carry out crown reduction back from road-side and upto a maximum of 2m is allowed. Application to crown thin by upto 10% is allowed.0276 Sycamore - Application to fell tree is denied. This tree is considered to be in a stable condition. 0277 Sycamore - Application to crown thin by a maximum of 15% and removal of epicormic growth is allowed.

Received
28 June 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Keighley East (ward 16)
  1. Received28 Jun
  2. Validated28 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Jan
  4. Target23 Aug
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 3 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Laurel House Woodville Road Highfield Keighley West Yorkshire BD20 6JA. Bradford has handled 1,793 applications of this type. This one was decided in 3 days, 8 weeks quicker than Bradford's typical decision time. The site is in the Devonshire Park and Cliffe Castle conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Keighley East (ward 16). We hold 485 applications in total for the BD20 postcode area.

70% of trees applications at Bradford Metropolitan District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BD20 6JA
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 June 2005
Last date for comments
1 January 1997
Target decision date
23 August 2005
Decision issued
24 August 2005
Permission expires
24 August 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 22 Butterfield Industrial Estate Otley Road Baildon Shipley BD17 7HT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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