Kirk Smeaton C Of E Primary School Main Street Kirk Smeaton West Yorkshire WF8 3JY Data via plota.co.uk

SELZG2025/1094/TCA - Tree works in Conservation Areas Approved

Proposal

Application for consent to crown lift to 3m and prune 1 No. branch by 2m to 1 No. Lime tree (09MG), crown lift to 3m and remove any epicormic growth from the stem up to 3m to 1 No. Lime tree (09MH), to re-pollard 1 No, Norway Maple (09MR) and prune 3 No. Lime trees (09MK, 09ML, 09MM) to acheive 2m clearance of the building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Oct 2025
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Validated
7 Nov 2025
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Approved
16 Dec 2025

Approved on 16 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Site constraints 9

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Kirk Smeaton conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 3; SSSI 365 m away: Brockadale SSSI; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Kirk Smeaton and Little Smeaton built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Selby
Application type
Tree works in Conservation Areas
Postcode
WF8 3JY
Received
24 Oct 2025
Validated
7 Nov 2025
Ward
Osgoldcross
Parish
Kirk Smeaton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Dec 2025
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
16 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, about the council's usual 42 days. Approved, as 82% of tree and landscaping works here are.

89%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
85decided in the last year

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

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
19 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No

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