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The Gate House Ackworth Park Farm Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7FS

26/00169/TPOTree Preservation Order ConsentRefused

Refused on 23 April 2026

Council decision: Refused with alternative works givenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree A - Crown Reduce by 2.5 metres in height and draw back from the property to suitable growth points; Crown Lift to 5 metres above ground level; Removal of deadwood; Removal of limbs overhanging property (this will be reached with the crown reduction); Clear any BT cables that could cause further problems. Tree B - Crown Reduce by 2 metres to gain full clearance from the property; Crown Lift to 4 metres above ground level by removing 1 large limb growing towards the road at on the east side of the tree; Removal of deadwood; Removal of lower limbs overhanging property (this will be reached with the overall crown reduction).

Received
30 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Gate House Ackworth Park Farm Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7FS. Wakefield has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton. We hold 442 applications in total for the WF7 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
WF7 7FS
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ackworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2026
Consultation expiry
23 March 2026
Consultation start
2 March 2026
Consultation end
23 March 2026
Last date for comments
23 March 2026
Target decision date
27 April 2026
Permission expires
23 April 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Wakefield
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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