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Heatherdene 23 The Mount Pontefract WF8 1NE

20/00136/TCANotification of Tree Works in Cons. AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 16 March 2020

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Beech - clear building by up to 1.5m; T2 Robinia - draw back up to 2m from property and crown raise to 4m from patio; T3 - draw back from building by up to 1.5m; T4 Conifers to front of property - FELL to allow other trees and shrubs to front to thrive.

Received
20 January 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract South
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Heatherdene 23 The Mount Pontefract WF8 1NE. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 1NE
Application type
Notification of Tree Works in Cons. Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2020
Target decision date
2 March 2020
Decision issued
20 March 2020
Permission expires
20 March 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    31 Aug

    Tree Works - Removal of 1 Robinia Tree

    ApprovedNotification of Tree Works in Cons. Area21/02205/TCA

Source: Wakefield

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