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Crofton Community Centre Middle Lane New Crofton Wakefield WF4 1LB

12/02151/RPPReplacement Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 December 2012

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Renewal of application 08/03076/FUL for the change of use of land from agricultural to recreation comprising the formation of sports pitches including the imporatation of inert fill

Received
24 October 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Crofton, Ryhill And Walton
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Crofton Community Centre Middle Lane New Crofton Wakefield WF4 1LB. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Crofton, Ryhill And Walton. We hold 1,339 applications in total for the WF4 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
WF4 1LB
Application type
Replacement Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Crofton

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2012
Consultation expiry
30 November 2012
Consultation start
31 October 2012
Consultation end
21 November 2012
Neighbour consultation start
31 October 2012
Neighbour consultation end
21 November 2012
Last date for comments
30 November 2012
Target decision date
28 January 2013
Decision issued
19 December 2012
Permission expires
20 December 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 November 2012
Advertisement expiry
30 November 2012
Site notice start
9 November 2012
Site notice end
30 November 2012

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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 2026-11-03. 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2012
    24 Oct

    Renewal of application 08/03076/FUL

    This applicationApprovedFull12/02151/RPP
  2. 2008
    15 Dec

    Change of use of land from agricultural to recreation comprising the formation of sports pitches including…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of08/03076/FUL

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