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26/03069/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Approved

Proposal

T1 Beech - Fell. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Sept 2026
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Approved
13 Oct 2026

Approved on 13 Oct 2026 · Arboricultural Officer · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Site constraints 9

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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Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Public footpath 29 m away; Nature recovery project: Bradford and South Pennines; Radon affected area, class 3; National infrastructure project: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application; Priority habitat 23 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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
Bradford
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
BD18 4LJ
Received
4 Sept 2026
Validated
4 Sept 2026
Ward
Shipley (Ward 23)
Parish
Shipley Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Oct 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
13 Oct 2026
Decision level
Arboricultural Officer
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, 15 days faster than Bradford's median of 54 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 70% of tree and landscaping works here are.

53%decided within 8 weeks
70%approved
428decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 14 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
30 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Bradford
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#195 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Bradford ranks #192 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bradford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #188 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #200 of 296
58%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #192 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #148 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
252 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
22 decided (10+ homes)
76%
Change of use approved
101 decided
2,322
Total decisions
323 refused in the year to March 2026

Freehold owner and leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.