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FormerTest Centre Bradford Road Carr Gate Wakefield WF2 6QF

11/01961/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 15 November 2011

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of former test centre and replacement with 1no. dwelling including associated landscaping (Resiting of previously approved dwelling ref. 11/01084/FUL)

Received
26 September 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wrenthorpe And Outwood West
Agent
Townsend Planning Consultants
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.25 Oct
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided15 Nov

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at FormerTest Centre Bradford Road Carr Gate Wakefield WF2 6QF. 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. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Wrenthorpe And Outwood West. We hold 1,159 applications in total for the WF2 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
WF2 6QF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2011
Consultation expiry
4 November 2011
Consultation start
4 October 2011
Consultation end
25 October 2011
Neighbour consultation start
4 October 2011
Neighbour consultation end
25 October 2011
Last date for comments
4 November 2011
Target decision date
21 November 2011
Decision issued
16 November 2011
Permission expires
16 November 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Townsend Planning Consultants
Agent address
10 Rishworth Street Wakefield West Yorkshire WF1 3BY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 October 2011
Advertisement expiry
4 November 2011
Site notice start
14 October 2011
Site notice end
4 November 2011

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01623133
Comments
0
Documents
5

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.

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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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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