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2 Holly Cottages Heath Wakefield WF1 5SN

24/01091/TCANotification of Tree Works in Cons. AreaDecided
Prior approval

Decided on 1 August 2024

Council decision: Split Decision on ApplicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree 1 Bay Tree. Reduce the height and width by 50%. Tree 2 Leylandii. Reduce the height by 50%. Tree 3 Leylandii. Reduce the height by 30% and Crown Lift to 4 metres. Tree 4 Blue Spruce. Reduce the height to stay in line with Tree 3. Tree 5 Silver Birch. Remove branch that overshadows the garden about half of the way up the main trunk.

Received
24 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Normanton
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Aug
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 Holly Cottages Heath Wakefield WF1 5SN. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Normanton. We hold 467 applications in total for the WF1 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
WF1 5SN
Application type
Notification of Tree Works in Cons. Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Warmfield Cum Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 June 2024
Target decision date
6 August 2024
Decision issued
2 August 2024
Permission expires
2 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13178218
Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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© 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.

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