85 Birkdale Drive Alwoodley Leeds LS17 7RU

25/00391/TRTree WorksApproved

Approved on 27 January 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Emergency Tree Work: T1 Silver Birch: To remove

Received: 22 January 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Leeds City Council
Ward: Alwoodley

ReceivedReceived22 Jan
ValidatedValidated22 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date27 Jan
DecidedDecided27 Jan

Decided in 5 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 85 Birkdale Drive Alwoodley Leeds LS17 7RU. Leeds has handled 2,376 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 6 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 158 applications across Alwoodley. We hold 1,297 applications in total for the LS17 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: LS17 7RU
Application type: Tree Works
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Alwoodley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 January 2025
Target decision date: 27 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: The Old Smithy Lee Lane East Horsforth Leeds LS18 5RE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 5 days

Additional information

Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Tree Preservation Order: TPO1985_028Part of 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.

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Source: Leeds

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