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Prince Of Wales Colliery Park Road Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 4QB

06/02543/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 June 2009

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Extract, stock and remove 1.0 million cubic metres (1.35 million tonnes) of coal slurry from the former spoil tip lagoon; and to remodel, restore and prepare the former colliery spoil heap and adjoining land to provide an alternative landform; and provide development platforms and construction of open space, 2 football pitches (1 full size and 1 training) and associated facilities including a clubhouse; 8no 18m high floodlights; access and car parking; retaining wall adjacent to proposed northern link road; ecological mitigation ponds and habitat; access ways; footpaths; landscaping and asociated works

Received
21 December 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Pontefract North
  1. Received21 Dec
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.14 May
  4. Target15 Feb
  5. Decided11 Jun

Decided in 903 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Prince Of Wales Colliery Park Road Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 4QB. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Pontefract North. We hold 2,011 applications in total for the WF8 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
WF8 4QB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pontefract

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2006
Consultation expiry
13 June 2008
Consultation start
23 April 2008
Consultation end
14 May 2008
Last date for comments
13 June 2008
Target decision date
15 February 2007
Committee meeting
14 August 2008
Permission expires
11 June 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Spawforths Junction 41 Business Court East Ardsley Leeds West Yorkshire WF3 2AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 May 2008
Advertisement expiry
13 June 2008
Site notice start
23 May 2008
Site notice end
13 June 2008

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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: 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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