Planning application
Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4DG
Works: Trees
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
G2 - Raise low canopy to 3m; G12 - Fell to ground level; T13 - Reduce faulted limbs/stems by 50%; T23 - Prune from buildings/structure/tree by 1.0m; T24 - Prune from buildings/structure/tree by 1.0m; T3 - Reduce to secondary growth points approximately 1-2m.
As published by the council, reference 26/01309/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01309/TPO
- Category
- Trees
- Status
- Decided
- Received
- 22 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 23 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Wakefield East
- Postcode
- WF1 4DG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Wakefield register
This site has had 8 applications since 2011: 4 approved, 1 refused.
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26/01276/TPO Decided
Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4DG
G4 Hazel-Prune back from path/structures. G6-Row of Poplar Raise canopy to 3m prune from buildings. G10-Group of Lime Raise canopy to 2m (road encroachment) G11-Red Oak-Raise low canopy to 2m. G14Group of Lime- Raise canopy to 2m. G15-Row Fell & remove stumps. G68-Group: Raise canopy to 2m (mower block). G76-Dead stems: Fell & replant (highway hazard). G111-Raise canopy to 3m. G113- Raise canopy to 3m G207: Raise canopy to 3m (parking block) G212 Ash: Fell & replant spaceG213: Raise canopy to 2m (mower block G214 Suspected 3rd-party: Raise to 2m at boundary over road G227 Row: Prune from buildings/structures/trees (over highway G250 Row: Prune from structures/trees (highway/security camera block) G253: Raise canopy to 3m (parking/access block) T8 Bird Cherry: Remove 1 twin stem, raise to 2m, reduce faulted limbs T16 Sycamore: Prune from structures/trees by 1m T26 Lime: Raise canopy to 2m (growing thru fence) T33 Sycamore: Fell & replant. Basal wound, brittle cinder fungi (road/car park) T34 Lime: Raise canopy to 2.5m (A-road/car park) T46 Sycamore: Pollard to 5m (large regrowth, decayed stem over A-road) T75 Horse Chestnut: Pollard to 10m. Poor form, cracked V-union, leaning limb, flaking bark (A-road) T86 Horse Chestnut: Reduce faulted limbs 20%. V-union, cavity, decay column (parking) T97 Ash: Fell & replant. Advanced Ash Dieback, weak (car park/path) T98 Tree: Raise canopy to 2.5m (drought stress, dieback, low branch) T104 T:urkiye Oak: Raise canopy to 2.5mT105 Beech: Raise canopy to 2.5m (below head height) T116 Horse Chestnut: Pollard to 20m. Tri-dominant, bark inclusion. Remove 3m from top T117 Horse Chestnut: Remove faulted branch/limbs T125 Lime: Raise canopy to 2.0m T162 English Elm: Fell to safe height (dead, over A-road) T178 Horse Chestnut: Pollard to 20m (Reduce 20%). Basal cavity, 1.5m decay, Picus test T186 Ash: Fell to safe height (Dieback, cavities at 3m & 5m, leaning over parking) T189 Ash: Pollard to 20m (over 50% leaf loss, building
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24/01420/TPO Split decision
Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4DG
Fell Trees G4, G15, T33, T74, T97, T155, T156, T198, T199 and T247. Prune Trees G3, G5, G6, G8, G9, G10, G14, G94, G133, G210, G213, G214, G227, G232, G241, T11, T18, T19, T23, T26, T34, T73, T75, T86, T92, T98, T116, T125, T128, T135, T159, T164, T165, T166, T170, T172, T200, T202, T203, T204, T218, T219, T235 and T242.
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24/00672/TPO Refused
Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4DG
T9 White Poplar (Populus alba) - Pollard the tree to achieve a standing habitat stem approximately 6metres in height.
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24/00630/FUL Granted
Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4DG
A full application for a pond complex
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23/00349/TPO Granted
Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4DG
Refer to Submitted Tree Risk Assessment. T28 Sycamore: Fell. T30 Sycamore: Remove deadwood.
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21/00432/NMC01 Granted
Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4DG
Non-material amendment to approved application 21/00432/FUL dated 09 December 2021 (Application for reconfiguration of existing staff and patient/visitor car parks to provide additional spaces to seek minor changes to the approved scheme to create additional parking bays in visitor car park and amending proposed parking bay arrangement in staff car park to avoid relocation of CCTV installation and lighting column.
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11/00989/FUL Granted
Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4DG
Removal of existing hospital boundary wall and replace with new boundary wall/railings to rear hospital boundary (approx. 130m in length & max. height 2.1m) (part retrospective)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jul 2026
Received by Wakefield
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23 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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30 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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15 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Awaiting decision.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- TREE MAPPING
- TREE SCHEDULE
- TREE CONDITION/RISK SURVEY
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsAfter the decision
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Nearby applications
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Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4DG
G4 Hazel-Prune back from path/structures. G6-Row of Poplar Raise canopy to 3m prune from buildings. G10-Group of Lime Raise canopy to 2m (road encroachment) G11-Red Oak-Raise low canopy to 2m. G14Group of Lime- Raise canopy to 2m. G15-Row Fell & remove stumps. G68-Group: Raise canopy to 2m (mower block). G76-Dead stems: Fell & replant (highway hazard). G111-Raise canopy to 3m. G113- Raise canopy to 3m G207: Raise canopy to 3m (parking block) G212 Ash: Fell & replant spaceG213: Raise canopy to 2m (mower block G214 Suspected 3rd-party: Raise to 2m at boundary over road G227 Row: Prune from buildings/structures/trees (over highway G250 Row: Prune from structures/trees (highway/security camera block) G253: Raise canopy to 3m (parking/access block) T8 Bird Cherry: Remove 1 twin stem, raise to 2m, reduce faulted limbs T16 Sycamore: Prune from structures/trees by 1m T26 Lime: Raise canopy to 2m (growing thru fence) T33 Sycamore: Fell & replant. Basal wound, brittle cinder fungi (road/car park) T34 Lime: Raise canopy to 2.5m (A-road/car park) T46 Sycamore: Pollard to 5m (large regrowth, decayed stem over A-road) T75 Horse Chestnut: Pollard to 10m. Poor form, cracked V-union, leaning limb, flaking bark (A-road) T86 Horse Chestnut: Reduce faulted limbs 20%. V-union, cavity, decay column (parking) T97 Ash: Fell & replant. Advanced Ash Dieback, weak (car park/path) T98 Tree: Raise canopy to 2.5m (drought stress, dieback, low branch) T104 T:urkiye Oak: Raise canopy to 2.5mT105 Beech: Raise canopy to 2.5m (below head height) T116 Horse Chestnut: Pollard to 20m. Tri-dominant, bark inclusion. Remove 3m from top T117 Horse Chestnut: Remove faulted branch/limbs T125 Lime: Raise canopy to 2.0m T162 English Elm: Fell to safe height (dead, over A-road) T178 Horse Chestnut: Pollard to 20m (Reduce 20%). Basal cavity, 1.5m decay, Picus test T186 Ash: Fell to safe height (Dieback, cavities at 3m & 5m, leaning over parking) T189 Ash: Pollard to 20m (over 50% leaf loss, building
Decided Trees 4 docsSmall domestic -
Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield
Erection of single storey outpatients department
Granted Full applicationsSmall domestic -
Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4DG
Removal of existing hospital boundary wall and replace with new boundary wall/railings to rear hospital boundary (approx. 130m in length & max. height 2.1m) (part retrospective)
Granted Full applicationsSmall domestic -
Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4DG
Fell Trees G4, G15, T33, T74, T97, T155, T156, T198, T199 and T247. Prune Trees G3, G5, G6, G8, G9, G10, G14, G94, G133, G210, G213, G214, G227, G232, G241, T11, T18, T19, T23, T26, T34, T73, T75, T86, T92, T98, T116, T125, T128, T135, T159, T164, T165, T166, T170, T172, T200, T202, T203, T204, T218, T219, T235 and T242.
Split decision Trees 6 docs -
Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4EE
Permanent retention of existing diabetes centre and construction of brick cladding to all external elevations
Granted Full applications 4 docs -
Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4DG WF1 4DG
T3 T10 T17 T18 Ash remove T8 Ash remove limb/deadwood
Granted Trees 2 docs
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G4 Hazel-Prune back from path/structures. G6-Row of Poplar Raise canopy to 3m prune from buildings. G10-Group of Lime Raise canopy to 2m (road encroachment) G11-Red Oak-Raise low canopy to 2m. G14Group of Lime- Raise canopy to 2m. G15-Row Fell & remove stumps. G68-Group: Raise canopy to 2m (mower block). G76-Dead stems: Fell & replant (highway hazard). G111-Raise canopy to 3m. G113- Raise canopy to 3m G207: Raise canopy to 3m (parking block) G212 Ash: Fell & replant spaceG213: Raise canopy to 2m (mower block G214 Suspected 3rd-party: Raise to 2m at boundary over road G227 Row: Prune from buildings/structures/trees (over highway G250 Row: Prune from structures/trees (highway/security camera block) G253: Raise canopy to 3m (parking/access block) T8 Bird Cherry: Remove 1 twin stem, raise to 2m, reduce faulted limbs T16 Sycamore: Prune from structures/trees by 1m T26 Lime: Raise canopy to 2m (growing thru fence) T33 Sycamore: Fell & replant. Basal wound, brittle cinder fungi (road/car park) T34 Lime: Raise canopy to 2.5m (A-road/car park) T46 Sycamore: Pollard to 5m (large regrowth, decayed stem over A-road) T75 Horse Chestnut: Pollard to 10m. Poor form, cracked V-union, leaning limb, flaking bark (A-road) T86 Horse Chestnut: Reduce faulted limbs 20%. V-union, cavity, decay column (parking) T97 Ash: Fell & replant. Advanced Ash Dieback, weak (car park/path) T98 Tree: Raise canopy to 2.5m (drought stress, dieback, low branch) T104 T:urkiye Oak: Raise canopy to 2.5mT105 Beech: Raise canopy to 2.5m (below head height) T116 Horse Chestnut: Pollard to 20m. Tri-dominant, bark inclusion. Remove 3m from top T117 Horse Chestnut: Remove faulted branch/limbs T125 Lime: Raise canopy to 2.0m T162 English Elm: Fell to safe height (dead, over A-road) T178 Horse Chestnut: Pollard to 20m (Reduce 20%). Basal cavity, 1.5m decay, Picus test T186 Ash: Fell to safe height (Dieback, cavities at 3m & 5m, leaning over parking) T189 Ash: Pollard to 20m (over 50% leaf loss, building
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