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2 The Towers Towers Lane Crofton Wakefield WF4 1QB

23/00859/TPOTree Preservation Order ConsentRefused

Refused on 20 June 2023

Council decision: Refused with alternative works givenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree 5340 - Sycamore - Due to the extent of the decay and unsafe condition of the limbs, we wish to remove the 3 limbs, any deadwood, hangers, and split branches. Tree 2385 - Lime - Prune extended limbs back by up to 2m.

Received
4 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Crofton, Ryhill And Walton
  1. Received4 May
  2. Validated5 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Jun
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 The Towers Towers Lane Crofton Wakefield WF4 1QB. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Crofton, Ryhill And Walton. We hold 1,339 applications in total for the WF4 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
WF4 1QB
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Crofton

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 May 2023
Target decision date
30 June 2023
Decision issued
21 June 2023
Permission expires
21 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Carter Jonas
Agent address
Carter Jonas Two Snowhill Snow Hill Queensway Birmingham B4 6GA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12137946
Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© 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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