Bar Lane will be closed on 7 November 2025 due to tree works being undertaken by LCC. Diversions will be in place. See below for further information from LCC.
We plan to remove 5 trees from Green Lane running 200m to the east. I have attached maps to show locations of each of the below jobs:
| Job number | Proposed date | Traffic Management Required | Trees to remove | Trees to prune |
| 109 | 07/11/2025 09:30-15:30 | Full Road Closure | 5 | 0 |
Unfortunately, in this case, a full road closure is necessary to complete the work safely. Works have been planned in conjunction with colleagues in Network Management to ensure traffic management is set up at a time which will cause minimal disruption. We apologise in advance for any disruption caused. A diversion will be in place taking traffic along the following roads to avoid the closure:
Eastbound: Cinder Lane – High Street
Westbound: High Street – Cinder Lane
The trees have been identified for removal or pruning by external surveyors as part of Leeds City Council’s Ash Dieback Project.
Ash Dieback disease is a fatal condition affecting ash trees, caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. First identified in the UK in 2012, Ash Dieback has now spread across the country, leading to rapid tree decline, with some trees already posing significant risks to public safety and infrastructure. The disease progresses through four stages, Class 1 (0-25% canopy dead), Class 2 (25-50% canopy dead), Class 3 (50-75% canopy dead) and Class 4 (75-100% canopy dead). Trees within Classes 3 and 4 generally pose the highest risks, particularly when coupled with a secondary defect. Trees of this condition are extremely unlikely to recover from the disease.
Leeds City Council has a statutory duty to ensure that trees under its control do not pose unreasonable risks to people. We are focussing on mitigating unreasonable risks posed by ash trees with canopy conditions of Class 3 or Class 4, or those which are presenting any secondary defects, along with trees of other species presenting obvious defects identified during the survey. Where possible, risk will be mitigated using appropriate pruning techniques, although it is likely that a large number of these trees will have to be removed. It should be mentioned that the council has a duty to enforce the removal of any private trees posing an unreasonable risk to the highway under the Highways Act 1980 s154(2).