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6 Otley Road East Morton Keighley West Yorkshire BD20 5UH

25/04330/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 10 February 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Ash - Fell entire tree (both stems) to ground level. Replacement: 1 replacement tree (select from Goat Willow Salix caprea / Grey Willow Salix cinerea / Downy Birch Betula pubescens / Rowan Sorbus aucuparia / Alder Alnus glutinosa), to be planted =10.0 m from any building, planted as a 60-80 cm feathered whip. T2 Ash - Stem 2: Fell stem to ground level. (Stem 2 DBH 40 cm; extreme lean c.45 directly over sleeping area). Stem 3: Remove decayed/rotted material and loose deadwood only (tidy/clear hazard). Do not remove sound living growth of Stem 1. Stem 1: No works proposed; retained and monitored (Stem 1 DBH 180 cm). Precise measurement: Stem 2 removal to ground; Stem 3 decay removal limited to rotten/loose material only; tree base distance to house approx. 9 m (see plan). Replacement: 1 tree for the felled stem (T2 Stem 2) as above. T3 Ash - Stem 2: Fell stem to ground level and remove arising arisings. (Stem 2 DBH 70 cm; has shown c.20 movement in one month; now nearcontact with roof; zero new growth this season). Stem 1: No works proposed; retained and monitored (Stem 1 DBH 120 cm). Ivy to be removed from retained stem to assist inspection (non invasive removal only). Precise measurement: Stem 2 removal to ground; tree base distance to house 9 m (see plan). Replacement: 1 × tree for the felled stem as above. T4 Ash - Fell to ground level. Replacement: 1 × tree for the felled stem as above.

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Keighley East (ward 16)
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.11 Jan
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided10 Feb

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6 Otley Road East Morton Keighley West Yorkshire BD20 5UH. Bradford has handled 1,793 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Bradford's typical decision time. The site is in the East Morton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5UH
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Keighley Parish Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Consultation expiry
11 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
11 January 2026
Last date for comments
11 January 2026
Target decision date
12 January 2026
Decision issued
17 February 2026
Permission expires
17 February 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14493495
Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: East Morton
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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

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.

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