Rectory Farm Moor Lane Wentbridge Pontefract WF8 3JJ
Approved on 28 August 2015
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
The construction of an outdoor horse exercise arena on an agricultural field for use to exercise and train horses in connection with existing activities at Rectory Farm
- Received
- 1 June 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Ward
- Pontefract South
- ReceivedReceived1 Jun
- ValidatedValidated11 Jun
- Consult.Consultation15 Jul
- TargetTarget Date6 Aug
- DecidedDecided28 Aug
Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Rectory Farm Moor Lane Wentbridge Pontefract WF8 3JJ. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 3JJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Darrington
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 June 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 24 July 2015
- Consultation start
- 24 June 2015
- Consultation end
- 15 July 2015
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 June 2015
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 July 2015
- Last date for comments
- 24 July 2015
- Target decision date
- 6 August 2015
- Permission expires
- 28 August 2018
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 3 July 2015
- Advertisement expiry
- 24 July 2015
- Site notice start
- 3 July 2015
- Site notice end
- 24 July 2015
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-04216931
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Green belt: Wakefield
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Wakefield
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