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The Farm Weetwood Mill Lane Weetwood Leeds LS16 5NY

25/04519/TRTree WorksApproved

Approved on 22 September 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1 - Goat willow: remove the rotten limb 1m below the decayed section and re-pollard the remains tree back to the old reduction cuts which will be removing approx 3m from the top of the crown. x2 Lime: reduce to the highest old reduction cuts, This will be reducing the trees by approx 3m The work is due to lack of light into the garden of the neighbouring property T1 Oak - Only crown lift to 3.5m the small dropping branches over the drive and garage roof back to suitable growth points. T2 Cherry: Crown reduce by 1 metre in height. Due to increased exposure following works to G1 and potential minor longitudinal split on stem. Location indicated in Officer Report.

Received
30 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weetwood
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Sep
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Farm Weetwood Mill Lane Weetwood Leeds LS16 5NY. Leeds has handled 2,376 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 144 applications across Weetwood. We hold 639 applications in total for the LS16 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
LS16 5NY
Application type
Tree Works
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 July 2025
Target decision date
24 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Paul Elbourne 81 Lower Wortley Road Leeds LS12 4SL

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.

  • Conservation area: WeetwoodPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: The FarmOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: A4D01
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO2010_017Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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