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79 Westgate Guiseley Leeds LS20 8HH

25/07516/TRTree WorksApproved

Approved on 8 January 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Willow - Re-pollard from 8 meters to 4 meters approximately. T2 Cherry - Reduce in height from 8 meters to 6 meters approximately. Both trees have had this work carried out several times in the past. The applicant wishes to maintain the trees at a size suitable for the garden.

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Guiseley & Rawdon
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Jan
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 16 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 79 Westgate Guiseley Leeds LS20 8HH. Leeds has handled 2,376 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 5 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 188 applications across Guiseley & Rawdon. We hold 1,042 applications in total for the LS20 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
LS20 8HH
Application type
Tree Works
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2025
Target decision date
31 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Richard Light 56 Hawthorn Drive Yeadon Leeds LS19 7XB

Planning decision

Statutory period
39 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Tranmere Park
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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.

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