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4 Maple Drive Farnley Leeds LS12 5RZ

26/02282/TRTree WorksRefused

Refused on 22 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T3 Sycamore - Proposal for crown thinning, app. 20% and removal of the lowest branches to the ground. The tree is in good condition, girth 3.5m The tree is now over hanging roofs to 4 maple drive and neighbouring 5 Maple drive causing concerns with potential falling branches. Light is also an issue. Amended by applicant to thinning only.

Received
24 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnley & Wortley
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Maple Drive Farnley Leeds LS12 5RZ. Leeds has handled 2,376 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed Crown Thinning works are contrary to current Industry best practice and may cause failure by removing a crossing branch that has provided support for some time. "When a touching relationship has persisted for many years it is likely to be associated with a very weak bark-included junction formed below that natural brace, pruning out one or both touching limbs would suddenly open up that weak junction to movement that it had not experienced for many years, making failure of that junction much more likely until the tree's secondary growth around the junction can satisfactorily address this weakness" Duncan Slater (2018): Natural bracing in trees: management recommendations, Arboricultural Journal.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LS12 5RZ
Application type
Tree Works
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 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_016Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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