17 The Mount Pontefract WF8 1NE
Approved on 16 March 2021
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 Sycamore crown lift to 5m (secondary branches only), thinned (10%) and drawn back over property (up to 2m, maximum wound size 45mm) T2 Horse Chestnut Remove.
- Received
- 2 June 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Pontefract South
- ReceivedReceived2 Jun
- ValidatedValidated2 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date28 Jul
- DecidedDecided16 Mar
Decided in 287 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 17 The Mount Pontefract WF8 1NE. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 287 days, 33 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 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 1NE
- Application type
- Notification of Tree Works in Cons. Area
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 June 2020
- Target decision date
- 28 July 2020
- Decision issued
- 17 March 2021
- Permission expires
- 17 March 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Quercus Robur Conservation 242 Featherstone Lane North Featherstone WF7 6AH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
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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Associated applications
- 20202 Jun
T1 Sycamore crown lift to 5m (secondary branches only), thinned (10%) and drawn back over property (up to 2m…
This applicationApprovedTrees20/01050/TCA - 20202 Jun
T1 Sycamore crown lift and thinned (25%) and T2 Horse Chestnut Remove
PendingTree Preservation Order ConsentFiled alongside20/01050/TPO
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202419 Jul
Fell T1 Ash
RefusedNotification of Tree Works in Cons. Area24/01237/TCA - 202011 Sep
T1 Sycamore. Fell. Due to the extreme proximity to this old property. The tree is approx 1.5m from the…
ApprovedNotification of Tree Works in Cons. Area20/01912/TCA - 20165 Jan
T1 to T4 Lime to evenly crown thin by 5%, remove suppressed struggling growthT5 Ash to crown lift/drawback
ApprovedNotification of Tree Works in Cons. Area16/00017/TCA - 201213 Aug
Notice of intention for T1 Sycamore crown lift/thin and drawback
ApprovedNotification of Tree Works in Cons. Area12/01760/TCA
Source: Wakefield
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