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Skinner Lane (Land Off) Pontefract WF8 1HG

13/01182/S7301Section 73 ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 7 August 2024

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of Conditions 2 (supporting statement) 7 (materials), 9 (hardstanding), 11 (access), 14 (drainage), 17 (Restoration), 18 (PD) and 19 (noise control measures) and the removal of conditions 1 (time limit), 4 (construction hours, 5 (CEMP), 10 (footway/verge) and 13 (watercourse) of approved application 13/01182/MIN, dated 23rd July 2013 (which granted permission for 'Retain A Borehole, erect containerised units; associated plant and equipment; extract mine gas, generate electricity and ancilliary operations') to extend the operational lifetime of the site until 23rd July 2030.

Received
13 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Pontefract North
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target12 Jun
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 513 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Skinner Lane (Land Off) Pontefract WF8 1HG. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. This one was decided in 513 days, 65 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Pontefract North. We hold 2,011 applications in total for the WF8 postcode area.

93% of amendment 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 1HG
Application type
Section 73 Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2023
Consultation expiry
1 August 2024
Consultation start
20 March 2023
Consultation end
10 April 2023
Last date for comments
1 August 2024
Target decision date
12 June 2023
Permission expires
7 August 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Avison Young Central Square South Orchard Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 3AZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 July 2024
Advertisement expiry
1 August 2024
Site notice start
27 June 2024
Site notice end
18 July 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11917263
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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

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.

Source: Wakefield

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