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Station Road (Former Railway Inn) South Elmsall

04/99/45480/EFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 23 November 2004

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Demolition of public house and construction of 24No. flats

Received
18 February 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South Elmsall And South Kirkby
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.30 Mar
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 279 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Station Road (Former Railway Inn) South Elmsall. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 279 days, 32 weeks longer 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 18 applications across South Elmsall And South Kirkby.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
24
Parish
South Elmsall

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2004
Consultation expiry
16 July 2004
Consultation start
9 March 2004
Consultation end
30 March 2004
Neighbour consultation start
27 April 2004
Neighbour consultation end
18 May 2004
Last date for comments
30 March 2004
Target decision date
14 April 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent address
9 St Helens Gate Almondbury Huddersfield HD4 6SD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 June 2004
Advertisement expiry
12 July 2004
Site notice start
2 July 2004
Site notice end
16 July 2004

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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