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Leeds Cathedral Great George Street Leeds LS2 8BE

26/00856/TRTree WorksApproved

Approved on 24 February 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Rowan - removal due to root rot

Received
12 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Little London & Woodhouse
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 12 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Leeds Cathedral Great George Street Leeds LS2 8BE. Leeds has handled 2,376 applications of this type. This one was decided in 12 days, 5 weeks quicker than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 239 applications across Little London & Woodhouse. We hold 187 applications in total for the LS2 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
LS2 8BE
Application type
Tree Works
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
39 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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