Wentbridge Quarry Went Edge Road Kirk Smeaton Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 3JJ

2013/0660/NYSCRNYCC Screening OpinionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 June 2013

Council decision: EIA Required

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Screening opinion for surface extraction of limestone

Received: 21 April 2013
Council: Selby
Ward: Whitley

ReceivedReceived21 Apr
ValidatedValidated21 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided20 Jun

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Wentbridge Quarry Went Edge Road Kirk Smeaton Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 3JJ. Selby has handled 341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Selby's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,012 applications in total for the WF8 postcode area.

78% of outline applications at Selby were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: WF8 3JJ
Application type: NYCC Screening Opinion
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Kirk Smeaton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 April 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent: North Yorkshire County Council
Agent address: FAO Nick Atkinson North Yorkshire County Council County Hall Northallerton DL7 8AH

Additional information

Comments: 0

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Green belt: Wakefield
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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2 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Selby

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