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Pontefract General Infirmary Friarwood Lane Pontefract WF8 1PL

15/02098/DEMDemolition NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 25 September 2015

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing Wards 1, 2 & 3 building to north side of Friarwood Lane

Received
1 September 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract North
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Sep
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Pontefract General Infirmary Friarwood Lane Pontefract WF8 1PL. Wakefield has handled 83 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 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.

91% of all 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 1PL
Application type
Demolition Notification
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2015
Target decision date
29 September 2015
Permission expires
25 September 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
PMK Design Associates Ltd Copthall Bridge House Station Bridge Matthew Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 1SP

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04463595
Comments
0
Documents
4

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.

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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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    7 Jul

    Discharge condition 11 (Verification Report) from approved application 15/01463/FUL

    Conditions part DischargedDischarge of conditions15/01463/SUB03
  2. 2016
    5 Apr

    Non-material change to approved application 15/01463/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendment16/00819/NMC
  3. 2016
    22 Feb

    Discharge of conditions 8 (Temporary Drainage) and 26 (Lighting) from approved application 15/01463/FUL

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions15/01463/SUB02
  4. 2016
    18 Jan

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Highways), 5, 6 and 9 (Drainage), 10 (Contamination), 15 (Noise), 16 (Dust), 17…

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions15/01463/SUB01
  5. 2015
    3 Jul

    Variation of condition 19 of application 06/99/11487/BV

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)15/01651/FUL
  6. 2014
    4 Sep

    Demolition of buildings to the south of Friarwood Lane

    ApprovedDemolition Notification14/01959/DEM

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