St Michaels Church Carleton Road Pontefract WF8 3RW
Refused on 23 August 2018
Council decision: Refused with alternative works givenDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Tree works as per Arboricultural Risk Report
- Received
- 12 April 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Pontefract South
- ReceivedReceived12 Apr
- ValidatedValidated12 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date7 Jun
- DecidedDecided23 Aug
Decided in 133 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Michaels Church Carleton Road Pontefract WF8 3RW. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 11 weeks longer 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 23 applications across Pontefract South. 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 3RW
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 April 2018
- Target decision date
- 7 June 2018
- Permission expires
- 23 August 2020
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
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 (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20237 Aug
Ground floor rear extension (renewal of scheme approved under application 20/00352/FUL
ApprovedFull Application23/01512/FUL - 20234 Jul
T69 Silver Lime - Crown Reduction of Entire Tree Canopy
RefusedTree Preservation Order Consent23/01265/TPO - 202231 Aug
T1 Lime - Removal
RefusedTree Preservation Order Consent22/01841/TPO - 202013 Feb
Ground floor rear extension
ApprovedFull Application20/00352/FUL - 20189 Aug
Cut back T67 Holly tree to clear steps/barrier
ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent18/01857/TPO - 201720 Apr
Lime tree to cut back to large branches
RefusedTree Preservation Order Consent17/01075/TPO - 201415 Sep
T1 Lime crown raise over highway to 5.2mT2 Holly crown raise over footpath to 2.5mT3 Lime to evenly crown…
ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent14/02057/TPO
Source: Wakefield
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