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Pontefract Hospital Friarwood Lane Pontefract WF8 1PL

13/01226/TPOTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 24 June 2013

Council decision: Permission Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree works

Received
2 May 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract North
  1. Received2 May
  2. Validated2 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Jun
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Pontefract Hospital Friarwood Lane Pontefract WF8 1PL. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days 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 34 applications across Pontefract North. We hold 2,011 applications in total for the WF8 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
WF8 1PL
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 May 2013
Target decision date
27 June 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade I: The HermitageOn or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: The Hermitage, Southgate, PontefractNext to the site
  • Brownfield land register: Former Pontefract General Infirmary, PontefractRegister site at or near this address · +1 more

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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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: Wakefield

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