Wentbridge Quarry Went Edge Road Kirk Smeaton Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 3JJ
Approved on 17 December 2015
Council decision: EIA Required
Proposal
Screening opinion for extraction of limestone in an extension (area 5) to the existing quarry
- Received
- 17 December 2015
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Selby
- Ward
- Whitley
- ReceivedReceived17 Dec
- ValidatedValidated17 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided17 Dec
Decided in 0 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for an extension at Wentbridge Quarry Went Edge Road Kirk Smeaton Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 3JJ. Selby has handled 341 applications of this type. 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
- 17 December 2015
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- North Yorkshire County Council
- Agent address
- North Yorkshire County Council County Hall Northallerton DL7 8AH
Additional information
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Selby
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