Birks House Birks Lane Walsden Todmorden OL14 6QU
Approved on 28 January 2026
Council decision: Grant ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prune two trees (Tree Preservation Order)
- Received
- 9 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Todmorden
- ReceivedReceived9 Dec
- ValidatedValidated9 Dec
- Consult.Consultation17 Jan
- TargetTarget Date3 Feb
- DecidedDecided28 Jan
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Birks House Birks Lane Walsden Todmorden OL14 6QU. Calderdale has handled 700 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Calderdale's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Todmorden. We hold 134 applications in total for the OL14 postcode area.
98% of trees applications at Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- OL14 6QU
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Todmorden Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 24 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 17 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 28 January 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Tom Walbank Wicken Cragg Sawmills Halifax Road Keighley BD22 9DH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 86/00211/CCovers the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation 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: Calderdale
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