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The Kings High School Mill Hill Lane Pontefract WF8 4JF

24/00984/TPOTree Preservation Order ConsentApproved

Approved on 1 August 2024

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1 Containing Beech, Lime, Sycamore and Holly. Crown lift all trees by 3-4 meters to gain clearance underneath for vehicles and pedestrians. Removal of all deadwood from trees overhanging parking bays.

Received
7 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract South
Agent
LT Trees Ltd
  1. Received7 Jun
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Kings High School Mill Hill Lane Pontefract WF8 4JF. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 10 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 4JF
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2024
Target decision date
5 August 2024
Decision issued
2 August 2024
Permission expires
2 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
LT Trees Ltd
Agent address
LT Trees Ltd 15 Oxclose Road Boston Spa Wetherby West Yorkshire LS23 6FA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13132917
Comments
0
Documents
4

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

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© 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

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    4 Jan

    Various Works as Detailed in the Submitted Tree Survey

    Split Decision on ApplicationTree Preservation Order Consent24/00016/TPO
  2. 2022
    27 Apr

    Non material amendment to approved application 22/00435/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendment22/00435/NMC01
  3. 2022
    6 Jan

    T1841 Remove Dead branches. T1842 Reduce overall length of branches over car park back to the historic…

    Split Decision on ApplicationTree Preservation Order Consent22/00018/TPO
  4. 2020
    16 Jun

    Fell and treat x2 Ash trees (T3 & T4) and x2 Sycamore trees (T2 & T5)

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent20/01151/TPO
  5. 2020
    17 Apr

    T5 Sycamore drawback 2M, T6 Ash Drawback 2M, T7 Sycamore Drawback 2M, T9 Sycamore drawback 2M, T10 Ash…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent20/00801/TPO
  6. 2015
    26 Jun

    T911 Horse chestnut to evenly crown thin by 5%T912 Beech to removeT913 Whitebeam to removeT914 Sycamore…

    Split Decision on ApplicationTree Preservation Order Consent15/01554/TPO

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