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Old Tree Went Edge Road Kirk Smeaton Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 3JS

2016/0541/TCOWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 15 June 2016

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for consent to fell 1No. Lime tree (T1) in the conservation area

Received
5 May 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Selby
Ward
Whitley
  1. Received5 May
  2. Validated5 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Jun
  5. Decided15 Jun

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Old Tree Went Edge Road Kirk Smeaton Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 3JS. Selby has handled 606 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Selby's typical decision time. The site is in the Kirk Smeaton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,011 applications in total for the WF8 postcode area.

80% of trees applications at Selby were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WF8 3JS
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kirk Smeaton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 May 2016
Target decision date
16 June 2016
Permission expires
15 June 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
BFTS
Agent address
BFTS 47 The Charters Barlby Selby YO8 5JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Kirk SmeatonPart of the site
  • Green belt: North Yorkshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Selby

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