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Rowangarth Rowley Drive Ilkley West Yorkshire LS29 8BB

23/03910/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 11 March 2024

Council decision: Part Grant Part Refusal of TPO CaseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T2 Sycamore - Fell and replace. T3 Horse Chestnut - Crown lift to 5 meters high to clear neighbouring garden, thin tree by 20%. T4 Norway Maple - Crown reduce tree by 2 meters and crown lift to 4 meters. Tree is 25m high by 10m wide, after crown reduction the new height will be 23m by 6m wide. T6 Ash - Fell and replace. T7 Norway maple - Crown lift to 5 meters. T8 Ash - Fell and replace. T9 Sycamore - Crown lift 5 meters. T10 Sycamore - Crown lift to 5 meters. T11 Alder - Fell. T12 Elm - Fell, Tree is interfering with above cables and extremely close to adjacent shed. T14 Horse chestnut - Crown lift to 8 meters. T15 Ash - Fell. T16 Ash - Fell. T17 Ash - Fell. T18 Silver Bich - Crown lift to 3 meters. T19 Holly - Reduce height by 50% to gain clearance from neighbouring trees. Tree is 9 meters high by 3.2 meters wide, after works being done the tree will be 3.5 meters high by 3.2 meters wide. T20 Horse Chestnut - Crown lift to 8 meters to gain clearance underneath and from neighbouring property. T21 Lime - Crown lift 5 meters. T22 Lime - Crown lift to 3 meters. T23 Lime - 2 meter crown reduction, tree has previously blown limbs into road. Tree is 20 meters high by 11 meters wide, after crown reduction it will be 18 meters high by 7 meters wide. T25 Horse Chestnut - Reduce damaged stem back to main trunk, crown lift to 5 meters. T26 Cherry - Fell. T28 Silver Birch - Fell. T29 Sycamore - Crown lift to 5 meters. T30 Horse Chestnut - Crown lift to 10 meters to balance tree, remove 3 lowest lateral branches. T31 Horse Chestnut - Reduce failed limb back to appropriate pruning point underneath damaged area. T32 Horse Chestnut - Remove Lateral limbs to re-balance tree up to 10 meters high, south side of tree (facing Rowangarth). NB Removal of deadwood does not require consent.

Received
24 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ilkley (ward 14)
Agent
Dragonfly Grounds & Tree Care Ltd
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Feb
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rowangarth Rowley Drive Ilkley West Yorkshire LS29 8BB. Bradford has handled 1,793 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Bradford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 8BB
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ilkley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 December 2023
Target decision date
18 February 2024
Decision issued
12 March 2024
Permission expires
12 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dragonfly Grounds & Tree Care Ltd
Agent address
20 Skipton Road Embsay SKIPTON Skipton BD23 6QS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12553847
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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