Altofts Vicarage 72A Church Road Castleford WF6 2QG
Approved on 15 January 2026
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 Sycamore To remove epicormic growth up to a height of 3.5 metres. Crown lift over the road to give 5.2m highway clearance. Also to clear telephone wires to give 1 metre clearance. T2 Lime To remove epicormic growth up to a height of 3.5 metres. Crown lift over the road to give 5.2m highway clearance. Also to clear telephone wires to give 1 metre clearance. Reasons for T1 & T2 General maintenance, highway clearance, and telephone wire clearance.
- Received
- 25 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Altofts And Whitwood
- Agent
- Aire Valley Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived25 Nov
- ValidatedValidated26 Nov
- Consult.Consultation17 Dec
- TargetTarget Date21 Jan
- DecidedDecided15 Jan
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Altofts Vicarage 72A Church Road Castleford WF6 2QG. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Altofts And Whitwood. We hold 415 applications in total for the WF6 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
- WF6 2QG
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Normanton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 26 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 17 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 21 January 2026
- Decision issued
- 16 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 16 January 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Aire Valley Tree Services
- Agent address
- The Old Smithy Lee Lane East Horsforth Leeds LS18 5RE
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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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