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8 St Marys Vale Boston Spa Wetherby LS23 6FW

23/01963/TRTree WorksApproved

Approved on 1 June 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 Beech and T2 Chestnut - Crown lift both trees by 2m leaving 4m clearance from the ground, to allow the new privet hedge to establish and grow as it is being shadowed by the overhanging branches. Ownership is beyond boundary of no.8 St. Marys Vale so agreement to be secured prior to the work.

Received
29 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wetherby
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.5 Apr
  4. Target24 May
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 St Marys Vale Boston Spa Wetherby LS23 6FW. Leeds has handled 2,376 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 300 applications across Wetherby. We hold 859 applications in total for the LS23 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
LS23 6FW
Application type
Tree Works
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Boston Spa Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2023
Consultation start
29 March 2023
Last date for comments
5 April 2023
Target decision date
24 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Andrew Ward Croft Farm Main Street Wighill Tadcaster LS24 8BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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: Boston Spa
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO1969_001WTH
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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