485 Barnsley Road Wakefield WF2 6BP
Refused on 16 February 2021
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Poplar trees T1 and T2 - fell or reduce in height because they being badly affected by the wind which is causing large branches to break off into adjacent properties. Neighbours have raised concerns about the falling branches because of children playing in the garden. The house at 60 Woolgreaves Drive WF2 6DR are getting the main impact and their fence and garden are regularly damaged by large falling branches.
- Received
- 24 July 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Wakefield South
- ReceivedReceived24 Jul
- ValidatedValidated26 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date23 Mar
- DecidedDecided16 Feb
Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 485 Barnsley Road Wakefield WF2 6BP. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 207 days, 22 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Wakefield South. We hold 1,159 applications in total for the WF2 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
- WF2 6BP
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 January 2021
- Target decision date
- 23 March 2021
- Decision issued
- 23 February 2021
- Permission expires
- 23 February 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 1 Gawthorpe lane Kirkhamgate Wakefield wf20sr
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 2: Medium 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202530 Nov
Fell 3 Poplar Trees (2 Trees Granted Consent in App No. 24/01576/TPO
RefusedTree Preservation Order Consent25/02247/TPO - 202410 Sep
Fell 2 Poplar Trees damaged by recent storms
ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent24/01576/TPO - 202111 Apr
T1 (silver birch) - dead tree requires felling T2 (horse chestnut) - wind damaged branch requires removing…
ApprovedNotification of Tree Works in Cons. Area21/00973/TCA
Source: Wakefield
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