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The Gables Water Lane Kirk Smeaton Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 3LD

2019/0250/TCATree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 April 2019

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for consent to fell 1no Silver Birch tree

Received
11 March 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Selby
Ward
Whitley
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided18 Apr

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Gables Water Lane Kirk Smeaton Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 3LD. Selby has handled 606 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 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 3LD
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kirk Smeaton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2019
Target decision date
22 April 2019
Permission expires
18 April 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Windy Ridge Little Smeaton Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 3LQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Kirk Smeaton
  • 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.

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

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2004
    2 Aug

    Proposed erection of a conservatory to the rear of

    ApprovedFull ApplicationCO/2004/0994

Source: Selby

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