4 Lee Lee Lane Todmorden Calderdale OL14 6HS Data via plota.co.uk

25/22067/TCA - Tree in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Prune one tree (Tree in a Conservation Area) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
22 Sept 2025
✓
Approved
29 Oct 2025
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Appeal dismissed
10 Jul 2026

Approved on 29 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Site constraints 9

Lumbutts and Mankinholes conservation area
Also Lumbutts and Mankinholes. Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Public bridleway 9 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 5
Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
3 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Lee Farmhouse, Grade II, 23 m away · 3 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Special protection area 343 m away: South Pennine Moors Phase 2; Radon affected area, class 3; National infrastructure project: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application; SSSI 343 m away: South Pennine Moors SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Calderdale
Application type
Tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode
OL14 6HS
Received
22 Sept 2025
Validated
22 Sept 2025
Ward
Hebden Bridge And Todmorden East
Parish
Todmorden Town Council
Case officer
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Target decision
3 Nov 2025
Decision
Raise No Objections
Decision date
29 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Appeal
Dismissed · 10 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6008629 ↗
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How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, 13 days faster than Calderdale's median of 50 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

84%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
236decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Calderdale in the last twelve months, from validation. Calderdale decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 11 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14351113
Planning Portal ref
PP-14351113
Statutory expiry
3 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No
Calderdale
Planning Authority Score
2.7/10
Poor
#240 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Calderdale ranks #193 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 50% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Calderdale decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #192 of 296
87%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #229 of 296
58%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #193 of 296
50%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #223 of 296
73%
Minor dwellings approved
103 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
61 decided
856
Total decisions
121 refused in the year to March 2026