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Highthorne House 244 Shadwell Lane Leeds LS17 8AQ

25/02012/TRTree WorksRefused

Refused on 23 May 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

3.5m Height Reduction to southern boundary sycamores (S1&S2 on sketch plan). These are identified by TPO Ref: TPO1995_062 G3. Reducing to previous pruning points. Plan is to carry this work out in dormant season 2025 1.5m Crown reduction and deadwood removal on Beech (B1 on sketch plan) identified by TPO Ref: TPO1995_062 G4. Pruned to suitable growth points 3.5m Height reduction to Lime tree row on Western boundary (G1 on sketch plan) identified by TPO Ref: TPO1995_062 G4. Pruned to suitable growth points 2m Lateral reduction (southern aspect) on mixed group (Maple, Oak, Cherry G2 on sketch plan) along wall boundary to reduce overhang and shading identified by TPO Ref: TPO2002_106 G1.

Received
28 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Alwoodley
  1. Received28 Mar
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Highthorne House 244 Shadwell Lane Leeds LS17 8AQ. Leeds has handled 2,376 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days 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 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 8AQ
Application type
Tree Works
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 March 2025
Target decision date
23 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr James Shaw 31 The Turnways Headingley Leeds LS6 3DT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO2025_083Part of the site · +3 more
  • 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

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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.

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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