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3 Ackworth House Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7LR

17/02877/TCANotification of Tree Works in Cons. AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 11 December 2017

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of T1 Holly Tree

Received
3 November 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided11 Dec

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Ackworth House Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7LR. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton. 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 7LR
Application type
Notification of Tree Works in Cons. Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ackworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2017
Consultation expiry
29 November 2017
Consultation start
8 November 2017
Consultation end
29 November 2017
Target decision date
1 January 2018
Decision issued
19 January 2018
Permission expires
19 January 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
S+D Landscapes Foulby Farm Doncaster Road Foulby Wakefield WF4 1PY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Ackworth HouseOn this site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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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