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Gilstead Cottage St Nicholas Road Ilkley West Yorkshire LS29 0AN

26/00129/CPNConservation Prior Notification TreesApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 25 February 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Around the parking area: T1) Remove Cherry Plum tree from left. T4) Reduce Yew ball on the right of the parking area by 2m, remaining 4m. T7) Remove Yew tree to create a viable turning area for vehicles. G2) Cut back to boundary, neighbours mixed overhang from the turning area. T8, 9 & 10) Clear bed down the right side of the house, remove 2x large Portuguese Laurel trees and 1x spindly Holly. T11) Prune neighbours very large Cypress tree at 6 Lakeside Close to clear house by 3m. (Not topping) G3) Remove 4x spindly Holly stems down right side of garden room. T12) Lift Yew to clear roof of garden room by 2m. Request not to replace removals due to lack of suitable space. But if will replant, if the officer places replacements as the condition for removals.

Received
13 January 2026
Ward
Ilkley (ward 14)
  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 Gilstead Cottage St Nicholas Road Ilkley West Yorkshire LS29 0AN. 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 Middleton conservation area. 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 0AN
Application type
Conservation Prior Notification Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ilkley 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
RWC Tree Surgeons
Agent address
Black Bull Farm Ilkley Road Burley In Wharfedale Ilkley LS29 7HN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14619899
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Middleton

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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