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23 Hillway Guiseley Leeds LS20 8HB

21/00882/TRTree WorksApproved

Approved on 4 March 2021

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Maple - Crown lift to 3m to give good clearance over car parking space. T2 - Maple - Reduce in height from 10m to 8m approximately to manage size. G1 - Large conifer hedge. Remove. Replant with laurel hedge. The conifer hedge has grown larger than the both the applicant and the bordering neighbour would like. The applicant would like to replace it with a laurel hedge to be maintained at a more manageable size.

Received
2 February 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Guiseley & Rawdon
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target13 Mar
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 23 Hillway Guiseley Leeds LS20 8HB. Leeds has handled 2,376 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 3 weeks quicker than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Guiseley & Rawdon. We hold 1,042 applications in total for the LS20 postcode area.

95% of trees applications at Leeds City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LS20 8HB
Application type
Tree Works
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2021
Consultation start
3 February 2021
Last date for comments
10 February 2021
Target decision date
13 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Richard Light 56 Hawthorn Drive Yeadon Leeds LS19 7XB

Planning decision

Statutory period
39 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Tranmere Park
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    17 Aug

    Single storey rear extension; Loft conversion with dormer window to the rear

    ApprovedFull Planning Application26/04618/FU
  2. 2025
    23 Sep

    G1 x3 Conifer and x1 Beech - To reduce by 50% to previous pruning points to allow more light into grounds T1…

    ApprovedTree Works25/05602/TR
  3. 2023
    30 Mar

    T1 Cherry - Reduce in height from 8 metres to 5 metres to maintain at a size suitable for it's location.

    ApprovedTree Works23/02015/TR
  4. 2020
    25 Jun

    T1 Beech - Draw back from property to give 3 metre clearance.G1 3 x Conifer and 1 Holly - Reduced by…

    PendingTree Works20/03593/TR
  5. 2015
    9 Apr

    Works to trees in a Conservation AreaT1 - Common Horse Chestnut - Remove the dying treeT2 - Laburnum - Remove…

    ApprovedTree Works15/01964/TR

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