Fairacre Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EU
Approved on 9 November 2020
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 Beech - Remove; T2 Sycamore, T3 Beech, T4 Oak and T5 Oak - remove dead wood, crown lift to 5.2m and 5% crown thin
- Received
- 17 July 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
- ReceivedReceived17 Jul
- ValidatedValidated17 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date11 Sep
- DecidedDecided9 Nov
Decided in 115 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Fairacre Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EU. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 8 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications 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 7EU
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ackworth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 July 2020
- Target decision date
- 11 September 2020
- Decision issued
- 10 November 2020
- Permission expires
- 10 November 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- S & D Landscapes Limted Foulby Farm Doncaster Road Foulby Wakefield WF4 1 PY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Wakefield
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202618 Aug
Existing conservatory to be demolished and the erection of a single storey rear extension
PendingApplication26/01478/FUL - 202218 Oct
Discharge of conditions 3 (Levels), 4 (Construction Management Plan), 5 (Biodiversity), 6 (Tree Protection…
PendingDischarge of conditions21/02998/SUB01 - 202114 Dec
Erection of 1no. detached dwelling
ApprovedFull Application21/02998/FUL
Source: Wakefield
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