Roundhay School Primary Campus Elmete Lane Roundhay Leeds LS8 2LG Data via plota.co.uk

26/04374/TR - Tree Works Approved

Proposal

T001 Pendunculate Oak: Removal. T002 Scots Pine: Removal. T004, T005 Cherry: Removal. T006 West Himalayan Birch: Removal. T007 Goat Willow: Consider the removal if not crown reduce to clear building by 2m. T008 Common Beech: Remove deadwood. T009 English Elm: Removal. T010 Common Beech: Complete removal. T011 Sycamore: Complete removal. See application for further details. LCC Officer note: additional works discussed and agreed during site visit, as follows: Crown lift to facilitate 3 metre clearance from ground level over footpaths and lawns, where required. Crown lift to facilitate 5.2 metre clearance from ground level over vehicular highway, where required. Prune to facilitate up to 2 metre clearance from structures, where required At west boundary, fell Cherry trees established in shrub boundary group due to nuisance issues (dark blue) At west boundary, reduce shrub group to 2 metres in height to maintain as a short hedge (light blue) At south-east corner, remove multi-stem Ash in wall (purple circle) T007: Fell to ground level (no wider amenity value) T008: Fell to ground level (does not meet criteria for TPO under TEMPO) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

4 Aug 2026

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Approved

8 Sept 2026

Approved on 8 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Site constraints 10

Green belt: South and West Yorkshire

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Roundhay conservation area

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.

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Local nature reserve about 122 m away: Wykebeck Woods and Askett Hill Nature Reserve

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Registered park or garden about 201 m away: Roundhay Park; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Leeds (Leeds) built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1692 m away: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, 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: Leeds
Application type: Tree Works
Postcode: LS8 2LG
Received: 4 Aug 2026
Validated: 4 Aug 2026
Ward: Roundhay
Target decision: 11 Sept 2026
Decision: No Objection
Decision date: 8 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Stara Tree Contractors

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 11 days slower than Leeds's median of 24 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 90% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one35d

Council24d

UK36d

96%decided within 8 weeks

90%approved

844decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 9 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 11 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

5 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

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2018 Approved

Temporary modular building forming two classrooms

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Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Leeds

Planning Authority Score

5.3/10

Average

#131 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Leeds is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #95 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (85%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Leeds decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

83%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #238 of 296

85%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #249 of 296

73%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #95 of 296

33%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #78 of 296

70%

Minor dwellings approved

208 decided (1-9 homes)

86%

Major dwellings approved

36 decided (10+ homes)

68%

Change of use approved

279 decided

3,681

Total decisions

613 refused in the year to March 2026