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The Poplars 344 Bradford Road Wrenthorpe Wakefield WF2 0QL

15/02938/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 March 2016

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to supported lodgings (Class C4 Sui Generis) and erection of extension to provide mother and baby unit

Received
11 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wrenthorpe And Outwood West
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided1 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Poplars 344 Bradford Road Wrenthorpe Wakefield WF2 0QL. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 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 18 applications across Wrenthorpe And Outwood West. We hold 1,159 applications in total for the WF2 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
WF2 0QL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2016
Consultation expiry
19 February 2016
Consultation start
14 January 2016
Consultation end
4 February 2016
Neighbour consultation start
14 January 2016
Neighbour consultation end
4 February 2016
Last date for comments
19 February 2016
Target decision date
2 March 2016
Permission expires
1 March 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
273 Park Road Barnsley South Yorkshire S70 1QL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 January 2016
Advertisement expiry
19 February 2016
Site notice start
29 January 2016
Site notice end
19 February 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04692419
Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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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