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19 Elmete Drive Roundhay Leeds LS8 2LA

23/02148/TRTree WorksApproved

Approved on 10 May 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Goat Willow (Salix caprea) - Retrospective tree already removed. To be dismantled to 50mm above ground level or as low as site allows. Multi stem from the ground and had severe soft rot within the roots causing failure in the recent snow. Two of the limbs had fallen causing damage to fences and landing in the neighbouring garden. Stump retained to provide a habitat for wildlife. T2 Silver Birch (Betula pendula) - To be dismantled to ground 50mm above ground level or as low as the site allows. Located in a dense hedgerow of multiple species between the property in question and the neighbours. Tree leans and does not have the best of form and is leaning on the shed next to it. Replanting not recommend.

Received
17 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Roundhay
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.24 Apr
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided10 May

Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 19 Elmete Drive Roundhay Leeds LS8 2LA. Leeds has handled 2,376 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 4 weeks quicker than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 236 applications across Roundhay. We hold 1,798 applications in total for the LS8 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
LS8 2LA
Application type
Tree Works
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2023
Consultation start
17 April 2023
Last date for comments
24 April 2023
Target decision date
26 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Ryan Freeman 41 Boggart Hill Drive Leeds LS14 1LF

Planning decision

Statutory period
39 days

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Roundhay
  • Article 4 direction: A4D01
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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