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15-17 Market Place Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 1AG

13/03479/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 31 March 2014

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use of premises as restaurant / cafe (use class A3) incorporating installation of ventilation system

Received
20 December 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract North
Agent
Assent Planning Consultancy Ltd
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated2 Jan
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 88 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 15-17 Market Place Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 1AG. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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.

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 1AG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 January 2014
Consultation expiry
14 February 2014
Consultation start
8 January 2014
Consultation end
29 January 2014
Last date for comments
14 February 2014
Target decision date
27 February 2014
Permission expires
31 March 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Assent Planning Consultancy Ltd
Agent address
Assent House 4 Navigation Court Calder Park Wakefield West Yorkshire (Met County) WF2 7BJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 January 2014
Advertisement expiry
14 February 2014
Site notice start
24 January 2014
Site notice end
14 February 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03088894
Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2013
    2 Aug

    Replacement of shop front

    ApprovedFull Application13/02286/FUL

Source: Wakefield

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