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Waggon Lane (Land At) Upton Pontefract

05/99/68543/AFull Council App Council DevelopmentApproved
Full

Approved on 21 September 2005

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

New library and associated car parking

Received
29 July 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Waggon Lane (Land At) Upton Pontefract. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address.

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 Council App Council Development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2005
Consultation expiry
2 September 2005
Consultation start
3 August 2005
Consultation end
24 August 2005
Neighbour consultation start
4 August 2005
Neighbour consultation end
25 August 2005
Last date for comments
24 August 2005
Target decision date
23 September 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Normanton Town Hall High Street Normanton WF6 2DZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 August 2005
Advertisement expiry
29 August 2005
Site notice start
12 August 2005
Site notice end
2 September 2005

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: WakefieldNext to the site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2005
    29 Jul

    New library and associated car parking

    This applicationApprovedFull05/99/68543/A
  2. 2005
    28 Mar

    New library and associated access and new car parking

    WithdrawnFull Council App Council DevelopmentPart of05/99/68543

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