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Prince Of Wales Spoil Heap WF8 4QD

15/02699/SUB01Discharge of Conditions RequestApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 11 October 2019

Council decision: Conditions part DischargedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Approval of details reserved by conditions Condition 7 in full (revised scheme for restoration ); and part-discharge of Condition 19 (Land Drainage Scheme ),33 ( scheme of progressive restoration),43 (proposed land restoration levels ),47 ( surface water runoff ), and 48 ( surface water drainage) in relation to Phases 1, 2 , and 3, of the Phased Restoration Scheme under planning permission Ref: 15/02699/FUL:( 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
18 December 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract North
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target14 Feb
  5. Decided11 Oct

Decided in 295 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Prince Of Wales Spoil Heap WF8 4QD. Wakefield has handled 1,090 applications of this type. This one was decided in 297 days, 34 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

99% of conditions 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
Discharge of Conditions Request
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2018
Consultation expiry
18 March 2019
Consultation start
4 March 2019
Consultation end
18 March 2019
Last date for comments
18 March 2019
Target decision date
14 February 2019
Permission expires
11 October 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Spawforths
Agent address
Spawforths Junction 41 Business Court East Ardsley Leeds WF3 2AB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07484152
Comments
0
Documents
57

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

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