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14 The Courtway Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7NT

17/03209/TPOTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 28 February 2018

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees works : T1 Sycamore to remove

Received
15 December 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
  1. Received15 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 14 The Courtway Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7NT. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings 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 7NT
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ackworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2017
Target decision date
9 February 2018
Decision issued
21 March 2018
Permission expires
21 March 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Samuel Donnington Foulby Farm Doncaster Road Foulby Wakefield West Yorkshire WF4 1PY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: WakefieldNext to the site
  • 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.

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Source: Wakefield

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