1 Ackworth Road Pontefract WF8 3PA

21/02584/TPOTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 2 November 2021

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Removal of Ash 1 due to Ash die back. No replacement due to existing trees in area.

Received: 20 October 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Ward: Pontefract South

ReceivedReceived20 Oct
ValidatedValidated28 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date23 Dec
DecidedDecided2 Nov

Decided in 5 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Ackworth Road Pontefract WF8 3PA. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 6 weeks quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3PA
Application type: Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 October 2021
Target decision date: 23 December 2021
Permission expires: 2 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 16 Low Garth Road Sheburn-in-Elmet Leeds LS25 6DH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Wakefield

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