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18 - 18A The Uplands Pontefract WF8 4HZ

23/02056/TPOTree Preservation Order ConsentDecided

Decided on 13 December 2023

Council decision: Split Decision on ApplicationDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 - Purple Lead Plum - crown reduction 1.5m back to previously reduced cut marks T2 - Mulberry - crown lift 0.5m with no wound marks greater than 50mm, overall shape compromised of a crown reduciton no greater than 0.5m with no wound marks greater than 50mm

Received
23 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract South
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated24 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Dec
  5. Decided13 Dec

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 - 18A The Uplands Pontefract WF8 4HZ. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. 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 4HZ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 October 2023
Target decision date
19 December 2023
Permission expires
13 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Square Tree
Agent address
112 Leeds Road Allerton Bywater Castleford WF10 2HE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12551381
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.

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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