23 Huddersfield Road Bretton Wakefield WF4 4JP

1. 21 Sep 2026

   Received by Wakefield

2. 24 Sep 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 24 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 19 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Wakefield took a median of 79 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Wakefield for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Wakefield decided tree works applications in a median of 49 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 35 Huddersfield Road West Bretton

  02/99/54293/B Submitted 17 Jun 2002 50 yards away

  Felling of 1no Sycamore tree

  Granted Trees

• 37 Huddersfield Road West Bretton

  02/99/54311/A Submitted 17 Jun 2002 50 yards away

  Felling of 1no Sycamore tree

  Granted Trees

• 33 Huddersfield Road Bretton Wakefield WF4 4JP

  26/01376/TPO Submitted 3 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  T1 Sycamore - Draw back from house by 3m. Crown Lift over highway up to 5.2m.

  Refused Trees 2 docs

• 4 Cobbler Hall Bretton Wakefield WF4 4LJ

  25/00015/TCA Submitted 6 Jan 2025 50 yards away

  Cherry Tree T1 - Reduce crown from current height of 9m to 6m; Cherry Tree T2 - Reduce crown from current height of 6m to 5m.

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• 19 Sycamore Lane Bretton

  03/99/36054/B Submitted 11 Mar 2003 50 yards away

  Notice of intention to fell 1 no Ash tree

  Granted Trees

• 6 Stoneybrook Close Bretton Wakefield WF4 4TP

  26/01262/FUL Submitted 14 Jul 2026 100 yards away

  Reconstruct th3 existing drive in similar materials - bitumen macadam with tegula [or similar] block edging.

  Decided Full applications 5 docs

• 26/01710/TCA Decided

  8 Micklegate Square Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 1QF

  Fell 5 Ash Trees

  Received 22 Sep, published by the council 23 Sep 2026 Trees
• 26/01696/TCA Decided

  7 Tithe Barn Street Horbury Wakefield WF4 6LJ

  Re-pollard 2 Apple Trees to Previous Growth Points (reduce by approx 2metres in height)

  Received 17 Sep, published by the council 18 Sep 2026 Trees
• 26/01645/TCA Decided

  10 Old Mount Farm Woolley Wakefield WF4 2LD

  T1 Elder - Crown Reduce to achieve a clearance of 2 metres from the branch tips to the side elevation of the garage with no pruning wounds to be greater than 10cm in diameter. T2 and T3 Cherry - Fell.

  Received 10 Sep, published by the council 14 Sep 2026 Trees
• 26/01479/TCA Decided

  20 Stoney Lane Chapelthorpe Wakefield WF4 3JN

  T1 Victoria Plum tree - Crown Reduce to previous pollard points. Pruning wounds c. 20mm in diameter; T2 Discovery Apple tree - Repeat removal of new internal growth as required to maintain the tree in good health; T3 Small Red Maple - Crown Reduce to previous pollard points. Pruning wounds c. 30mm in diameter; T4 Magnolia - Crown Reduce to previous pollard points. Pruning wounds c. 20-30mm in diameter; T5 Magnolia - Crown Reduce to previous pollard points. Pruning wounds c. 20mm in diameter; T6 Magnolia - Crown Reduce to previous pollard points. Pruning wounds c. 20mm in diameter; T7 Eucalyptus - Crown Reduce to previous pollard points. Pruning wounds c. 40mm in diameter.

  Received 17 Aug, published by the council 10 Sep 2026 Trees
• 26/01378/TPO Decided

  92 Pinderfields Road Wakefield WF1 3PH

  Removal of overhanging branches (approx. 40-50% of the tree canopy) from T10 Ash

  Received 4 Aug, published by the council 26 Aug 2026 Trees