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99 Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EL

21/02634/TCANotification of Tree Works in Cons. AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 9 December 2021

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of 3 dead/dangerous Silver Birch trees (T1, T3 and T4 on the supporting plan)

Received
28 October 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated1 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Dec
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 99 Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EL. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 7EL
Application type
Notification of Tree Works in Cons. Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ackworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 November 2021
Target decision date
13 December 2021
Permission expires
9 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6 Badsworth Court Badsworth Pontefract WF9 1NW

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: WakefieldNext to the site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Wakefield

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