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The Ark, 257, Barnsley Road, Flockton, Wakefield, WF4 4AL

2026/90384TreesApproved

Approved on 17 March 2026

Council decision: GRANTED2 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Work to trees TPO 65/90

Received
6 February 2026
Ward
Kirkburton Ward
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Ark, 257, Barnsley Road, Flockton, Wakefield, WF4 4AL. Kirklees has handled 2,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Kirklees's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Kirkburton Ward. We hold 1,338 applications in total for the WF4 postcode area.

93% of trees applications at Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WF4 4AL
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2026
Target decision date
3 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
42, Alan Road, Darton, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 5NL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Kirklees

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