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16 Chequerfield Road Pontefract WF8 2BQ

12/01470/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 1 November 2012

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Boundary wall and gates to front (max. height 1.5m)

Received
13 July 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract South
  1. Received13 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided1 Nov

Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 16 Chequerfield Road Pontefract WF8 2BQ. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Pontefract South. 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 2BQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2012
Consultation expiry
7 September 2012
Consultation start
7 August 2012
Consultation end
28 August 2012
Neighbour consultation start
7 August 2012
Neighbour consultation end
28 August 2012
Last date for comments
7 September 2012
Target decision date
21 September 2012
Decision issued
2 November 2012
Permission expires
3 November 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 August 2012
Site notice end
7 September 2012

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Wakefield

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