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4 Wheatley Rise Ilkley West Yorkshire LS29 8SQ

21/05001/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 19 February 2022

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1 Elder, Holly, Beech - Fell G1 Shrubbery mix beneath and up into the Cedar canopy - Remove Atlantic cedar part of G1 in the application - Crown thin by 15% max by removal of secondary and tertiary growth under 40mm diameter only at the outer 3m of the radial crown spread (crown thinning the "inner crown" is not approved as this will likely increase the risk of branch snappage. G2 Section - Remove between the 2x golden Leylandii on the SE boundary T1 Golden Conifer - Crown lift to 4m to clear house G3 Section - Remove low level mixed in the SE corner by the gate comprising of Xmas spruce and shrubbery T2 Conifer - Fell G4 3x Conifer - Fell T3 Golden Leylandii - Reduce by a third removing 4m leaving 8m overall height (approx) G5 - Lift block on the drive to 3m for clearance on the drive and safety when exiting. Generally tidy canopies removing sagging branches, longer limbs extending from canopy shape, and dead branches.

Received
29 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ilkley (ward 14)
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 143 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Wheatley Rise Ilkley West Yorkshire LS29 8SQ. Bradford has handled 1,793 applications of this type. This one was decided in 143 days, 12 weeks longer than Bradford's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 146 applications across Ilkley (ward 14). We hold 2,381 applications in total for the LS29 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
LS29 8SQ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ilkley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2021
Target decision date
24 November 2021
Decision issued
28 February 2022
Permission expires
28 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
RWC Tree Surgeons
Agent address
Black Bull Farm Ilkley Road Burley In Wharfedale Ilkley LS29 7HN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10253022
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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