High Ackworth Village Green Purston Lane Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7HN
Approved on 26 August 2015
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 Oak to evenly crown thin by 5% and to crown lift to 3m
- Received
- 22 July 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Featherstone
- ReceivedReceived22 Jul
- ValidatedValidated22 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date2 Sep
- DecidedDecided26 Aug
Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at High Ackworth Village Green Purston Lane Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7HN. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Featherstone. We hold 442 applications in total for the WF7 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
- WF7 7HN
- Application type
- Notification of Tree Works in Cons. Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Featherstone
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 July 2015
- Target decision date
- 2 September 2015
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Mr Samuel Donington Foulby Farm Doncaster Road Foulby Wakefield WF4 1PY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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, green belt, 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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20191 Nov
Carry out all priority 1 and 2 works as detailed on submitted Arboricultural Report
ApprovedNotification of Tree Works in Cons. Area19/02468/TCA - 20146 Aug
T1 Ash to drawback canopyT2 Lime 5% crown thin
ApprovedNotification of Tree Works in Cons. Area14/01753/TCA - 20114 Nov
T1 Lime T2 Ash T3 Oak T4 Oak crown thin
ApprovedNotification of Tree Works in Cons. Area11/02286/TCA
Source: Wakefield
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