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Land At Grid Ref 412165 438253 Leeds And Liverpool Canal Towpath Shipley West Yorkshire

24/02458/CPNWork to tree(s) in Conservation AreaDecided

Decided on 13 August 2024

Council decision: Decline to DetermineDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application to allow crown lift of all trees within the application area shown on attached plans to 2.5m height to allow plant access and to cut back any intruding vegetation to the back of the rear towpath verge to facilitate towpath improvement scheme. The scheme will by necessity require works within root area of trees (Ecologist and qualified Arborist have been consulted to avoid impact via design). Removal of dead tree and small sapling (grid reference: SE 12553 38313) , To be compensated for by replanting at SE 12505 38301. A separate map and photo document have been provided for clarity.

Received
1 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bingley (ward 02)
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land At Grid Ref 412165 438253 Leeds And Liverpool Canal Towpath Shipley West Yorkshire. Bradford has handled 1,793 applications of this type. The site is in the Leeds Liverpool Canal conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Bingley (ward 02).

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

Application type
Work to tree(s) in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bingley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2024
Target decision date
12 August 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13202776
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Leeds Liverpool Canal
  • Green belt: Bradford
  • World Heritage Site buffer zone: Saltaire
  • Ancient woodland: Hirst Wood
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, 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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Bradford

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