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West Wood Tumbling Hill Darrington Road Pontefract WF8 3RY

18/02667/TPOTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 17 January 2019

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1 - mixed hedge - tidy up, remove self-sown Sycamore saplings with a diametre of less than 50mm. Reduce and shape Laurel and Holly to approximately 2m and give around 60mm horizontal clearance from the boundary wall across the entire length of G1.

Received
21 November 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract South
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated21 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided17 Jan

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at West Wood Tumbling Hill Darrington Road Pontefract WF8 3RY. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3RY
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darrington

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 November 2018
Target decision date
16 January 2019
Decision issued
18 January 2019
Permission expires
18 January 2021

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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