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Land To The Front Of Orchard Lodge Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EE

15/02510/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 March 2016

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application for residential development (1 no. dwelling & garage access only)

Received
21 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target16 Dec
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 162 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at Land To The Front Of Orchard Lodge Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EE. Wakefield has handled 896 applications of this type. This one was decided in 162 days, 15 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. 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 37 applications across Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton. We hold 442 applications in total for the WF7 postcode area.

95% of outline 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
WF7 7EE
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ackworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 October 2015
Consultation expiry
4 December 2015
Consultation start
4 November 2015
Consultation end
25 November 2015
Neighbour consultation start
4 November 2015
Neighbour consultation end
25 November 2015
Last date for comments
4 December 2015
Target decision date
16 December 2015
Permission expires
31 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Indigo Planning Toronto Square Leeds West Yorkshire (Met County) LS1 2HJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 November 2015
Site notice end
4 December 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04439267
Documents
10

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

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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