Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

26/03824/TR

Woodbourne Villa North Hill Road Headingley Leeds LS6 2EN

Granted Leeds Tree Works

Proposal

Mature Beech Tree (Fagus sylvatica) reduce the overall canopy by approximately 40% pruning back to suitable growth points. Tree Description Mature Beech tree approximately 18m in height with an 18m canopy spread, located on the boundary of a car park and a busy student pedestrian access route. Observations * Recent significant limb failure resulting in substantial tear-out and damage. * Main stem forks at approximately 3m above ground level. * Southern stem contains multiple tight secondary forks and compressed unions exhibiting included bark. See photo 4,5,6 & 7 * Large lateral limb extends over the adjacent car park and pedestrian route. * The recent limb failure has significantly altered canopy balance and increased exposure to wind loading. * Remaining scaffold limbs are subject to increased mechanical stress due to the loss of canopy mass on one side of the crown. * Ongoing risk of further branch failure from weakly attached unions and redistributed loading within the canopy. Recommendation Reduce the overall canopy by approximately 40%, pruning back to suitable growth points where practicable. See photo 1 & 3 Justification * Significantly reduce end weight and wind loading on compromised scaffold limbs. * Mitigate the risk of further failure associated with included bark unions and compressed forks. * Rebalance the crown following the recent major limb loss. * Reduce the likelihood of branch failure over the adjacent car park and heavily used pedestrian route. * Retain the tree where possible while managing foreseeable risk to site users and property.

As published by the council, reference 26/03824/TR

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Jul 2026

    Received by Leeds

  2. 14 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: No Objection

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

What a grant of permission means

The process from here

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

About trees applications

How this application type works

Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.

More on trees applications in our guide

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • 26/02898/FU Awaiting decision

    Flat 9 Glennan House 16 North Grange Road Headingley Leeds LS6 2BR

    Replacement of existing single glazed timber framed windows with UPVC double glazed windows to existing bay

    6 Jul 2026 88m away Full applications
  • 25/05195/COND Refused

    38 North Grange Road Headingley Leeds LS6 2BR

    Consent, agreement or approval required by conditions 5, 7 and 16 to planning application 18/02754/FU

    4 Sep 2025 95m away Conditions
  • 26/01054/TR Granted

    Ruse House 29 Cumberland Road Headingley Leeds LS6 2EF

    T1 multi stemmed Ash - Removal of leaning stem down to ground level (around 15inch diameter) (around 12m high) T2 Holly - Reduction of height 2m, drawback on lateral side overhanging the lawn 2m (around 15m high) T3 Black Walnut - Crown reduction 2m lateral and vertical. Reducing weight with an aim to rebalance. Tree is an irregular shape (hollow coppice) and has grown in a overstretched fashion around (12m high)

    23 Feb 2026 133m away Trees
  • 26/00167/TR Granted

    1 Ashwood Terrace Headingley Leeds LS6 2EH

    T1 Atlantic Cedar: Reduce by 3.5m in height and 1m lateral growth to maintain balance of crown.

    8 Jan 2026 161m away Trees
  • 26/00688/TR Granted

    Ridgeway House 9 Grosvenor Road Headingley Leeds LS6 2DZ

    T1 Pear to Fell. The tree is heavily declining and biased towards the neighbouring property. The retaining wall beneath the tree has collapsed increasing the lean.

    4 Feb 2026 170m away Trees
  • 25/06095/TR Granted

    1 Ashwood Terrace Headingley Leeds LS6 2EH

    T1 Apple: Remove water shoots and reduce full crown by 1.5m. T2, T3 Swedish Birch: Reduce by 4.6- 5m in height back to suitable unions. T4 Pear: Reduce water shoots in upper crown by approx 1m. T5: NO work. T6 Holly: Reduce back by approx. 1.5m.

    15 Oct 2025 170m away Trees

In Leeds

  • 26/04253/TR Awaiting decision

    Abbeyfield House School Street Pudsey LS28 8PJ

    T1 Cypress: Remove (see application for details).

    29 Jul 2026 Trees
  • 26/04255/TR Awaiting decision

    3 Grosvenor Terrace Headingley Leeds LS6 2DY

    Mature Holly: 3-4m lateral reduction on west and eastern aspects, 5m height reduction. 2 x Clematis: Remove. Birch: Crown and lift shape Acer: Remove Magnolia: Remove 2 small leaning limbs

    29 Jul 2026 Trees
  • 26/03834/TR Granted

    Beech House Weetwood Lane Weetwood Leeds LS16 5TZ

    Carry out works listed in the attached tree report.

    7 Jul 2026 Trees
  • 26/04256/TR Awaiting decision

    22 Long Row Horsforth Leeds LS18 5AA

    T1 Turkish Oak: Crown Lift to 2.5m and crown thin by 20% 1 in 5 branches to lightly shape to maintain form.

    28 Jul 2026 Trees
  • 26/04246/TR Awaiting decision

    11A Creskeld Lane Bramhope Leeds LS16 9EY

    T1 Beech: Reduce height by 1-1.5m and spread by 1-1.5m.

    28 Jul 2026 Trees