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St Michaels Church Carleton Road Pontefract WF8 3RW

23/01265/TPOTree Preservation Order ConsentRefused

Refused on 14 August 2023

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T69 Silver Lime - Crown Reduction of Entire Tree Canopy

Received
4 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Pontefract South
Agent
Hart Services
  1. Received4 Jul
  2. Validated5 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Aug
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Michaels Church Carleton Road Pontefract WF8 3RW. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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 3RW
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 July 2023
Target decision date
30 August 2023
Permission expires
14 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hart Services
Agent address
10 Ashdene Drive Crofton WAKEFIELD WF4 1PQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
23/00032/TPO

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12247010
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    7 Aug

    Ground floor rear extension (renewal of scheme approved under application 20/00352/FUL

    ApprovedFull Application23/01512/FUL
  2. 2022
    31 Aug

    T1 Lime - Removal

    RefusedTree Preservation Order Consent22/01841/TPO
  3. 2020
    13 Feb

    Ground floor rear extension

    ApprovedFull Application20/00352/FUL
  4. 2018
    9 Aug

    Cut back T67 Holly tree to clear steps/barrier

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent18/01857/TPO
  5. 2018
    12 Apr

    Tree works as per Arboricultural Risk Report

    RefusedTree Preservation Order Consent18/00847/TPO
  6. 2017
    20 Apr

    Lime tree to cut back to large branches

    RefusedTree Preservation Order Consent17/01075/TPO

Source: Wakefield

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