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Burial Grounds St Lukes Church Morton Lane East Morton Keighley West Yorkshire

25/04656/CPNConservation Prior Notification TreesApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 25 February 2026

Proposal

T1 Weeping Willow - Whole crown reduction to achieve a semi pollard by removing up to 6/7 metres all round. Current height - 14m height / 15m spread. Finished height of all round reduction - 7-8 metres all round height and spread. The trees crown has grown very wide with over extended branches which have failed in the past months causing the branches to fall on the public footpath and a close proximity to the church building. Tree work is to prevent further failure and remove the safety risk to the public and users of the church. Willow trees can react well to heavy pruning such as pollarding.

Received
13 January 2026
Ward
Keighley East (ward 16)
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Feb
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Burial Grounds St Lukes Church Morton Lane East Morton Keighley West Yorkshire. Bradford has handled 1,793 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker 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).

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
Conservation Prior Notification Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Keighley Parish Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2026
Target decision date
24 February 2026
Permission expires
13 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Heley Tree Care
Agent address
19 Cornwall Avenue Silsden BD20 0DB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14571188
Documents
2

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: 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.

Source: Bradford

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