Spoil Heap Park Road Pontefract WF8 4QD
Approved on 24 February 2016
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Variation to Conditions 12 ( hours of materials export) and Condition 27 ( Loading and dispatch of materials) to permission 13/00477/FUL-To extract, stock and remove 2.0 million cubic metres( aprox 2.4 million tonnes) of Coal slurry from the former spoil tip lagoon; to import 285,000 cubic metres of soils and soil making materials for restoration and to remodel, restore and prepare the former colliery spoil heap and adjoining land to provide an alternative landform for public park; including land restoration and provision of new public road (Northern relief Road) in accordance with the conditions attaching to planning permission 06/02544/OUT as amended; provide development platforms and construction of open space; provide football pitches. option 1 for 1 under 13s pitch and 1 junior pitch with suitable access and car parking.
- Received
- 10 November 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Pontefract North
- ReceivedReceived10 Nov
- ValidatedValidated17 Nov
- Consult.Consultation17 Dec
- TargetTarget Date12 Jan
- DecidedDecided24 Feb
Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Spoil Heap Park Road Pontefract WF8 4QD. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 4QD
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 November 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 21 December 2015
- Consultation start
- 26 November 2015
- Consultation end
- 17 December 2015
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 November 2015
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 December 2015
- Last date for comments
- 21 December 2015
- Target decision date
- 12 January 2016
- Decision issued
- 21 April 2016
- Permission expires
- 21 April 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- SLR Consulting Limited Unit 2 Newton Business Centre Thorncliffe Park Estate Newton Chambers Road Chapeltown Sheffield S35 2PW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 30 November 2015
- Site notice end
- 21 December 2015
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: Wakefield
- 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 (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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PendingDischarge of conditions15/02699/SUB03 - 20206 Feb
Application to part- discharge Condition 39 ( landscaping) for Site Refs: Parcel A, and Spoil Heap (adjacent…
Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions15/02699/SUB04 - 201925 Apr
Part Discharge of Condition 21 to planning permission 15/02699/FUL
Conditions part DischargedDischarge of conditions15/02699/SUB02 - 201818 Dec
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Conditions part DischargedDischarge of conditions15/02699/SUB01 - 201510 Nov
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This applicationApprovedFull15/02699/FUL
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