Baildon: Plan to fell 18 protected trees alongside key road is withdrawn
Bradford Council has withdrawn plans to fell 18 protected trees on a key route through Baildon.
The authority submitted the plans in spring, saying the work would be part of a scheme to repair a “deteriorating” retaining wall on Baildon Road.
The application said the wall needed repairing to prevent it from collapsing into the road, which is one of the main routes into and out of Baildon.
Officers said trees the other side of the wall, including the 18 protected trees, are partly to blame for its condition, and need to be felled for the works to be carried out.
But plans to fell the trees have now been withdrawn by the council.
The Local Democracy Reporting Service contacted Bradford Council to ask why the plans have been withdrawn, and whether the authority still plans to repair the deteriorating wall, but has yet to receive a response.