South Close Gill Bank Road Ilkley West Yorkshire LS29 0AU Data via plota.co.uk

26/01514/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Refused

Proposal

T1 Pine - Reduce as shown on the attached marked photo. T3, yew and hedge considered under application 26/01577/CPN. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
28 Apr 2026
Refused
19 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 19 Aug 2026 · Arboricultural Officer · Last checked 20 Aug 2026

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 5

Middleton 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.
Council document ↗
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
Scheduled monument 192 m away: Medieval settlement and part of the open field system immediately south of Myddleton Lodge; Nature recovery project: Bradford and South Pennines; Inside the Ilkley built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
LS29 0AU
Received
28 Apr 2026
Validated
28 Apr 2026
Ward
Ilkley (ward 14)
Parish
Ilkley Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Jun 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
19 Aug 2026
Decision level
Arboricultural Officer
Applicant
Show
Agent
AKarb tree surgeons

How this decision compares

Decided in 113 days from validation, 58 days slower than Bradford's median of 55 for tree and landscaping works. Refused, as 29% of tree and landscaping works here are.

53%decided within 8 weeks
71%approved
183decided 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 20 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14893806
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