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33 Long Row Horsforth Leeds LS18 5AA

26/01455/TRTree WorksRefused

Refused on 22 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Sycamore@ to reduce crown by 2 meters, and laterally reduce by 2m at all aspects. The current height of the tree is approximately 17 metres and the spread is 12 metres. The final height will be 15 metres and 10 metres lateral spread. Please see attached photograph next to our summer house to give some indication as to the size of the tree.

Received
13 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Horsforth
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 May
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 33 Long Row Horsforth Leeds LS18 5AA. Leeds has handled 2,376 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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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Why it was refused

  1. Reducing the height of the tree(s) will spoil their shape and form and will adversely affect their future viability. Accordingly it is not an appropriate pruning operation. The pruning work requested goes against industry best practice.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LS18 5AA
Application type
Tree Works
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horsforth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Target decision date
7 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Horsforth
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO2008_079Protected 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.

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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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