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Pontefract Dispensary Hermitage Southgate Pontefract WF8 1PN

13/03318/FULFull ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 20 February 2014

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of parts of the Pontefract Dispensary and Hermitage buildings. Installation of new doors and windows and infill to external walls of building to be retained and re-grading of external surface levels

Received
2 December 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Pontefract South
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Pontefract Dispensary Hermitage Southgate Pontefract WF8 1PN. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 80 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. 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 1PN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2013
Consultation expiry
31 January 2014
Consultation start
8 January 2014
Consultation end
29 January 2014
Neighbour consultation start
16 December 2013
Neighbour consultation end
6 January 2014
Last date for comments
31 January 2014
Target decision date
7 February 2014
Permission expires
20 February 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
May One Architecture 4 Elmwood Street Harrogate HG1 5EU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 January 2014
Advertisement expiry
31 January 2014
Site notice start
10 January 2014
Site notice end
31 January 2014

Additional information

Documents
8

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
  • Listed building: Grade I: The HermitageOn or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: The Hermitage, Southgate, PontefractNext to the site
  • Brownfield land register: Former Pontefract General Infirmary, PontefractRegister site at or near this address · +1 more

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, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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