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The Kings High School Mill Hill Lane Pontefract WF8 4JF

14/02812/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 February 2015

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of prefabrictaed classroom building (additional 3 years)

Received
19 December 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract South
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.28 Jan
  4. Target13 Feb
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Kings High School Mill Hill Lane Pontefract WF8 4JF. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 10 other applications 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 4JF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2014
Consultation expiry
6 February 2015
Consultation start
7 January 2015
Consultation end
28 January 2015
Last date for comments
6 February 2015
Target decision date
13 February 2015
Permission expires
13 February 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Cottesmore Carleton Pontefract WF8 3RW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 January 2015
Site notice end
6 February 2015

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

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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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    7 Jun

    G1 Containing Beech, Lime, Sycamore and Holly. Crown lift all trees by 3-4 meters to gain clearance…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent24/00984/TPO
  2. 2024
    4 Jan

    Various Works as Detailed in the Submitted Tree Survey

    Split Decision on ApplicationTree Preservation Order Consent24/00016/TPO
  3. 2022
    27 Apr

    Non material amendment to approved application 22/00435/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendment22/00435/NMC01
  4. 2022
    6 Jan

    T1841 Remove Dead branches. T1842 Reduce overall length of branches over car park back to the historic…

    Split Decision on ApplicationTree Preservation Order Consent22/00018/TPO
  5. 2020
    16 Jun

    Fell and treat x2 Ash trees (T3 & T4) and x2 Sycamore trees (T2 & T5)

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent20/01151/TPO
  6. 2020
    17 Apr

    T5 Sycamore drawback 2M, T6 Ash Drawback 2M, T7 Sycamore Drawback 2M, T9 Sycamore drawback 2M, T10 Ash…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent20/00801/TPO

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