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157 Castleford Road Normanton

03/99/65675Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 19 November 2003

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from shop to dwelling; boundary wall and gate to front (1.2m high)

Received
30 September 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Normanton & Sharlston
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Nov
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 157 Castleford Road Normanton. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 415 applications in total for the WF6 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
WF6 2EL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Normanton

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2003
Consultation expiry
31 October 2003
Target decision date
25 November 2003

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 October 2003
Advertisement expiry
28 October 2003
Site notice start
10 October 2003
Site notice end
31 October 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Wakefield

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