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Tanglewood Newlay Wood Road Horsforth Leeds LS18 4LF

26/01367/TRTree WorksApproved

Approved on 13 April 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1, T2 and T3 Birch - Reduce in height from 10m to 7m to compact the shape due to growing tall and spindly. T4 Sycamore - Crown thin 15% to open the canopy and allow dappled light into the garden, the tree is starting to out grow its location and homeowners are keen to keep the trees shape. T5 Sycamore - Crown thin 15% to open the canopy and allow dappled light into the garden, the tree is starting to out grow its location and homeowners are keen to keep the trees shape. G1 2x Holly - Reduce from 10m to 6m these works have been done previously, also 1x Conifer fell due to being a tall spindly specimen with no long term potential. (please note this group is within the land of the adjacent property)

Received
9 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Horsforth
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Apr
  5. Decided13 Apr

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Tanglewood Newlay Wood Road Horsforth Leeds LS18 4LF. Leeds has handled 2,376 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 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 238 applications across Horsforth. We hold 367 applications in total for the LS18 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
LS18 4LF
Application type
Tree Works
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horsforth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Target decision date
16 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Tom Walbank Wicken Cragg Sawmills Halifax Road Keighley BD22 9DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
38 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: Newlay
  • 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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