Toorak Lodge Button Park Pontefract WF8 4HT
Refused on 7 December 2023
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Fell T1 - Sycamore
- Received
- 16 October 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Pontefract North
- ReceivedReceived16 Oct
- ValidatedValidated18 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date13 Dec
- DecidedDecided7 Dec
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Toorak Lodge Button Park Pontefract WF8 4HT. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Pontefract North. 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 4HT
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 October 2023
- Target decision date
- 13 December 2023
- Decision issued
- 12 December 2023
- Permission expires
- 12 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Jonathan Oakes Tree Care
- Agent address
- 134 Belper Lane Belper Belper DE56 2UH United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202319 Apr
Fell T1 Sycamore
RefusedNotification of Tree Works in Cons. Area23/00772/TCA - 20213 Jun
Felling of 1 Sycamore Tree due to Wall Displacement
Split Decision on ApplicationTree Preservation Order Consent21/01455/TPO - 201719 Jan
The Sycamore tree requires the removal of dead boughs, and the removal of two boughs overhanging Mayor's…
RefusedTree Preservation Order Consent17/00120/TPO - 20128 Oct
T1 Beech crown raise 15% thin T2 Sycamore crown raise 15% thin
Split Decision on ApplicationTree Preservation Order Consent12/02068/TPO
Source: Wakefield
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