708 Barnsley Road Newmillerdam Wakefield WF2 6QQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01366/TCA - Notification of Tree Works in Cons. Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Cherry Laurel (T1): Reduce to 2m measured from the base of the stem. Cypress (T2): Removal. Cypress (T4): Removal. Removal of dead tree trunk (unable to identify) as only trunk remaining. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Aug 2026
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Approved
10 Sept 2026

Approved on 10 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Sept 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Case Officer Report Case Officer Report · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 2 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Green belt: South and West Yorkshire
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Local nature reserve 212 m away: Newmillerdam
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Priority habitat 29 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £220,000 in November 2003. Detached house, freehold.

20 November 2003£220,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Wakefield
Application type
Notification of Tree Works in Cons. Area
Postcode
WF2 6QQ
Received
3 Aug 2026
Validated
3 Aug 2026
Ward
Wakefield Rural
Parish
Crigglestone
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Sept 2026
Decision
Application Approved
Decision date
10 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 38 days from validation, 10 days faster than Wakefield's median of 48 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 59% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
59%approved
135decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Wakefield in the last twelve months, from validation. Wakefield decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 12 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15128911
Planning Portal ref
PP-15128911
Statutory expiry
14 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

6 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Various Tree Works
23/01930/TCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
688 Barnsley Road Newmillerdam Wakefield WF2 6QQ
Formation of new vehicle access, parking and turning area. Alterations to ground level an…
23/00373/FUL
2020 Approved
688 Barnsley Road Newmillerdam Wakefield WF2 6QQ
Single storey extension to side and rear
20/01002/FUL
2018
719 Barnsley Road Newmillerdam Wakefield WF2 6QQ
Reduce 2 x Sycamore trees by 6 foot
18/01373/TCA
2017 Approved
3 Courtyard Cottage Almshouse Lane Newmillerdam Wakefield WF2 7ST
Balcony to the rear and formation of new opening
17/01372/FUL
2017 Approved
9 Miller Court Newmillerdam Wakefield WF2 6QJ
T1 Larch to remove
17/01233/TCA
Wakefield
Planning Authority Score
3.6/10
Below average
#217 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Wakefield is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #223 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 56% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Wakefield decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #95 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #94 of 296
53%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #223 of 296
56%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #256 of 296
89%
Minor dwellings approved
79 decided (1-9 homes)
92%
Major dwellings approved
24 decided (10+ homes)
85%
Change of use approved
74 decided
1,084
Total decisions
88 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.