1 Ackworth House Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7LR
Approved on 22 January 2021
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 Holly - remove; T2-T4 Horse Chestnuts trees - crown lift; T5 minor crown lift up to 3m from ground level
- Received
- 30 October 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
- ReceivedReceived30 Oct
- ValidatedValidated4 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date1 Mar
- DecidedDecided22 Jan
Decided in 18 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 1 Ackworth House Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7LR. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 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 7LR
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ackworth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 January 2021
- Target decision date
- 1 March 2021
- Decision issued
- 25 January 2021
- Permission expires
- 25 January 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Foulby Farm Doncaster Road Foulby WF4 1PY
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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20234 Jan
Discharge of condition 3 (Window detail) from approved application 22/01255/FUL
Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions22/01255/SUB01 - 20229 Jun
Removal of existing window and door to ground floor rear extension, to be replaced with new windows and patio…
Split Decision on ApplicationListed building consent22/01256/LBC - 20176 Feb
T1 Conifer to fell
ApprovedNotification of Tree Works in Cons. Area17/00390/TCA - 201517 Sep
T1-T4 Sycamore to evenly crown thin by 5% and to crown liftT5 Lime to crown lift
ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent15/02234/TPO
Source: Wakefield
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