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2 The Towers Towers Lane Crofton Wakefield West Yorkshire WF4 1PT

07/02834/TPOTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 5 November 2007

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

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

Received
26 September 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Crofton, Ryhill And Walton
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.2 Nov
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 The Towers Towers Lane Crofton Wakefield West Yorkshire WF4 1PT. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Crofton, Ryhill And Walton. We hold 1,339 applications in total for the WF4 postcode area.

54% of trees 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

Postcode
WF4 1PT
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Crofton

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2007
Consultation expiry
2 November 2007
Last date for comments
2 November 2007
Target decision date
27 November 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ash Tree Lodge Snaith Road Pollington Goole DN14 0AT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 October 2007
Advertisement expiry
2 November 2007

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

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.

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.

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. 2003
    18 Dec

    1no detached dwelling

    ApprovedReserved matters03/99/30549/E

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