Orchard Head Junior And Infant School Orchard Head Lane Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 2NJ
Approved on 24 August 2007
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Modular building to accommodate children's centre, linked to existing nursery unit
- Received
- 29 June 2007
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Pontefract North
- ReceivedReceived29 Jun
- ValidatedValidated29 Jun
- Consult.Consultation29 Aug
- TargetTarget Date24 Aug
- DecidedDecided24 Aug
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Orchard Head Junior And Infant School Orchard Head Lane Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 2NJ. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 2NJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Pontefract
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 June 2007
- Consultation expiry
- 29 August 2007
- Consultation start
- 8 August 2007
- Consultation end
- 29 August 2007
- Last date for comments
- 21 August 2007
- Target decision date
- 24 August 2007
- Permission expires
- 24 August 2010
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Norfolk Property Services - North East Ltd Town Hall High Street Normanton WF6 2DZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 July 2007
- Advertisement expiry
- 3 August 2007
- Site notice start
- 13 July 2007
- Site notice end
- 3 August 2007
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: WakefieldPart of 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Wakefield
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