Blue Bell Inn Great North Road Wentbridge Pontefract WF8 3JP
Approved on 25 July 2013
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
removal of 2 no trees
- Received
- 14 June 2013
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
- ReceivedReceived14 Jun
- ValidatedValidated14 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date9 Aug
- DecidedDecided25 Jul
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Blue Bell Inn Great North Road Wentbridge Pontefract WF8 3JP. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton. 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 3JP
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Thorpe Audlin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 June 2013
- Target decision date
- 9 August 2013
- Decision issued
- 26 July 2013
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Ashton Architectural 3 Morton Crescent Ferrybridge Road Castleford West Yorkshire (Met County) WF10 4UZ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201826 Feb
Discharge of condition 4 (Wheel washing), 5 (Boundaries), 6 (Levels and retaining walls), 7 (Materials), 8…
PendingDischarge of conditions16/02985/SUB01 - 20166 Dec
Proposal for two dwellings on vacant land formerly part of the Blue Bell PH car park
ApprovedFull Application16/02985/FUL - 201618 Apr
Proposed erection of 2 dwellings on vacant land
RefusedFull Application16/00949/FUL - 201027 Apr
Two storey extension to form kitchen and function room
ApprovedFull Application10/00822/FUL
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