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10 Somerville Terrace East Busk Lane Otley LS21 1HS

26/00130/TRTree WorksApproved

Approved on 20 January 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Reduce Gingko tree by around third, removing 4m max, remaining 6m overall height approximately. T2 Remove Italian Cypress tree hidden in the corner of the garden.

Received
7 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Otley & Yeadon
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Feb
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 13 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 10 Somerville Terrace East Busk Lane Otley LS21 1HS. Leeds has handled 2,376 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 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 Otley & Yeadon. We hold 384 applications in total for the LS21 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
LS21 1HS
Application type
Tree Works
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Otley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Target decision date
15 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mrs Bernadette Copsey Black Bull Farm Ilkley Road Burley In Wharfedale Ilkley LS29 7HN

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: OtleyPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO1997_043Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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