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The Farnley Academy Chapel Lane Farnley Leeds LS12 5EU

26/00876/TRTree WorksApproved

Approved on 17 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Emergency Tree Works: T1 Sycamore: Fell and remove.

Received
13 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnley & Wortley
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Feb
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 4 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Farnley Academy Chapel Lane Farnley Leeds LS12 5EU. Leeds has handled 2,376 applications of this type. This one was decided in 4 days, 6 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 60 applications across Farnley & Wortley. We hold 303 applications in total for the LS12 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
LS12 5EU
Application type
Tree Works
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Target decision date
18 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Michael Wood (Morley) Tree Surgeons & Arboricultural Contrac
Agent address
158 Rein Road Tingley Wakefield WF3 1JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
5 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO1992_016Part of the site · +2 more
  • Green belt: LeedsNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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