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6 High Street Upton Pontefract WF9 1HG

03/99/42428/BFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 4 September 2003

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from Hairdressers to Suntanning Studio

Received
14 July 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
  1. Received14 Jul
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.6 Aug
  4. Target8 Sep
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 6 High Street Upton Pontefract WF9 1HG. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton. We hold 1,144 applications in total for the WF9 postcode area.

94% of full applications at Wakefield Metropolitan District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WF9 1HG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Upton

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2003
Consultation expiry
8 August 2003
Consultation start
16 July 2003
Consultation end
6 August 2003
Neighbour consultation start
12 September 2003
Last date for comments
6 August 2003
Target decision date
8 September 2003
Decision issued
5 September 2003

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 July 2003
Advertisement expiry
5 August 2003
Site notice start
18 July 2003
Site notice end
8 August 2003

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2006
    30 Nov

    Change of use from tanning studio to sandwich shop (A1)

    ApprovedFull Application06/02334/FUL

Source: Wakefield

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