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Crofton Towers (Plot 2) Towers Lane Crofton

03/99/30549/EApproval of Reserved MattersApproved
Reserved matters

Approved on 19 May 2004

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1no detached dwelling

Received
18 December 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Crofton & Ackworth (Pre 2004 Bounday Cha
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.13 May
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 153 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Crofton Towers (Plot 2) Towers Lane Crofton. Wakefield has handled 896 applications of this type. This one was decided in 153 days, 14 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

95% of outline applications at Wakefield Metropolitan District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Approval of Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Crofton

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2003
Consultation expiry
13 May 2004
Consultation start
22 April 2004
Consultation end
13 May 2004
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2004
Neighbour consultation end
17 February 2004
Last date for comments
13 May 2004
Target decision date
12 February 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Fell Greave Farm Barn Fell Greave Road Bradley Huddersfield HD2 1NH FAO David Rock

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 April 2004
Advertisement expiry
3 May 2004
Site notice start
23 April 2004
Site notice end
7 May 2004

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    4 May

    Tree 5340 - Sycamore - Due to the extent of the decay and unsafe condition of the limbs, we wish to remove…

    RefusedTree Preservation Order Consent23/00859/TPO
  2. 2022
    17 Jun

    Sycamore - 5340 - Two large limbs with long scars with exposed wood that contains several woodpecker holes in…

    WithdrawnTree Preservation Order Consent22/01319/TPO
  3. 2021
    24 Feb

    T:6547 Oak - Remove dead wood >250mm on garden side of crown.

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent21/00484/TPO
  4. 2014
    31 Mar

    T1 Sycamore tree be Crown Lifted, with an approximate 15% Crown Thin and to thoroughly Crown Clean and…

    Split Decision on ApplicationTree Preservation Order Consent14/00723/TPO
  5. 2007
    26 Sep

    Crown raising 1 lime and 2 sycamores, crown cleaning 1lime and 2 sycamores

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent07/02834/TPO

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