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37 The Drive Bardsey Leeds LS17 9AE

25/04930/TRTree WorksRefused

Refused on 3 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T2 Oak - Formally request to fell and remove. The tree in question has become significantly larger raising safety concerns since the last application in 2021. This oak has outgrown its place within a garden environment with branches and foliage so low to the ground. As per last appeal, LCC states that if the removal of the oak is allowed it shall be replaced by 1 no Oak planted of 2.7m planted on site with suitable space around it, which is the intention

Received
19 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harewood
  1. Received19 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Oct
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 37 The Drive Bardsey Leeds LS17 9AE. Leeds has handled 2,376 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker 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 332 applications across Harewood. 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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Why it was refused

  1. There was insufficient evidence submitted with this application. The Planning Inspectorate dismissed an appeal ref: APP/TPO/N4720/9421 in March 2024, which considered a previous application request to fell the tree made by the Applicant. Since that decision was made, no new evidence has been submitted to support the Oak's removal. Please read the Officer's Report available on LCC Public Access, using the TR reference number or site address to search.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LS17 9AE
Application type
Tree Works
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bardsey-cum-Rigton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2025
Target decision date
14 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO1994_042Protected tree on or next to this site
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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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