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Yorkshire Sculpture Park Park Lane Bretton Wakefield WF4 4LG

11/02240/FULFull ApplicationPermitted
Full

Proposal

Implementation of a new visitor car parking charging system

Received
1 November 2011
Decided
21 December 2011 · Application Approved
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Wakefield Rural
  1. Received1 Nov
  2. Validated1 Nov
  3. Consult.12 Dec
  4. Target27 Dec
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Wakefield94% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application at Yorkshire Sculpture Park Park Lane Bretton Wakefield WF4 4LG. Wakefield has handled 3,784 applications of this type and approves 89% of them, typically deciding them in 57 days. This one was decided in 50 days, 7 days quicker than Wakefield's median. The site is in the City Centre conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Wakefield Rural. We hold 1,315 applications in total for the WF4 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
11/02240/FUL
Address
Yorkshire Sculpture Park Park Lane Bretton Wakefield WF4 4LG
Postcode
WF4 4LG
Local Authority
Wakefield
Application Type
Full Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Wakefield Rural
Parish
West Bretton

Applicant & Agent

Agent
DLA Landscape and Urban Design
Agent Address
Wakefield 41 Business Park Wakefield West Yorkshire WF2 0XJ

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
1 November 2011
Consultation Expiry
12 December 2011
Target Decision Date
27 December 2011
Date Decided
21 December 2011
Date Validated
1 November 2011
Date Submitted
1 November 2011
Consultation Start
21 November 2011
Consultation End
12 December 2011
Last Date for Comments
12 December 2011
Decision Issued
22 December 2011
Permission Expires
22 December 2014

Planning Decision

Decision
Application Approved
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
11 November 2011
Advertisement Expiry
2 December 2011
Site Notice Start
11 November 2011
Site Notice End
2 December 2011

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
1
Documents
4
Coordinates
53.608288, -1.556073
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Wakefield

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Planning constraints

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

  • Green belt: Wakefield
  • Registered park and garden: Bretton Hall
  • Local nature reserve: Bretton Country Park
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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, 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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