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Great North Road (former School House) Wentbridge West Yorkshire

09/01965/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 December 2009

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of former school house into single dwelling

Received
14 October 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Featherstone
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Nov
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided3 Dec

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Great North Road (former School House) Wentbridge West Yorkshire. 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Featherstone.

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
Small
Parish
Featherstone

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2009
Consultation expiry
13 November 2009
Consultation start
16 October 2009
Consultation end
6 November 2009
Neighbour consultation start
19 October 2009
Neighbour consultation end
6 November 2009
Last date for comments
13 November 2009
Target decision date
9 December 2009
Decision issued
7 December 2009
Permission expires
7 December 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Easedale Lane Partnership 10 Wesley Street Castleford WF10 1AE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 October 2009
Advertisement expiry
13 November 2009
Site notice start
23 October 2009
Site notice end
13 November 2009

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2011
    28 Mar

    Amendment to application 09/01965/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment11/00680/NMC
  2. 2009
    14 Oct

    Change of use of former school house into single dwelling

    This applicationApprovedFull09/01965/FUL

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