Priory Cottage Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EF

11/01440/CONConservation Area Consent (Demolition)Refused

Listed building consent

Refused on 12 January 2012

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolition of stables, 1no dwelling and cessation of livery business. Redevelopment of site comprising 6no detached dwellings, garages, amendments to access and landscaping, 4no. replacement stables and tack room within existing arena.

Received: 11 July 2011
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 5
Council: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Ward: Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton

ReceivedReceived11 Jul
ValidatedValidated14 Jul
Consult.Consultation10 Aug
TargetTarget Date8 Sep
DecidedDecided12 Jan

Decided in 182 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Priory Cottage Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EF. Wakefield has handled 157 applications of this type. This one was decided in 185 days, 18 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton. We hold 442 applications in total for the WF7 postcode area.

100% of heritage 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: WF7 7EF
Application type: Conservation Area Consent (Demolition)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Ackworth

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 July 2011
Consultation expiry: 18 November 2011
Consultation start: 20 July 2011
Consultation end: 10 August 2011
Last date for comments: 18 November 2011
Target decision date: 8 September 2011
Committee meeting: 12 January 2012
Decision issued: 20 January 2012
Permission expires: 20 January 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Richard Lee Project Planning 29 Clonners Field Nantwich Cheshire East CW5 7GU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 28 October 2011
Advertisement expiry: 18 November 2011
Site notice start: 28 October 2011
Site notice end: 18 November 2011

Appeal

Appeal result: Appeal Allowed subject to conditions

Additional information

Documents: 26

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (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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Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Wakefield

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