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Woodbine Cottage Westfield Grove Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7HF

16/00294/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 April 2016

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling and replacement with a detached four bedroom property and double garage

Received
8 February 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
  1. Received8 Feb
  2. Validated8 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target4 Apr
  5. Decided12 Apr

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Woodbine Cottage Westfield Grove Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7HF. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
WF7 7HF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ackworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 February 2016
Consultation expiry
11 March 2016
Consultation start
12 February 2016
Consultation end
4 March 2016
Neighbour consultation start
15 February 2016
Neighbour consultation end
7 March 2016
Last date for comments
11 March 2016
Target decision date
4 April 2016
Permission expires
12 April 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
John R Paley Associates 1 Red Hall Crescent Paragon Business Village Wakefield West Yorkshire WF1 2DF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 February 2016
Site notice end
11 March 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04758382
Documents
5

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

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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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2018
    3 Jul

    Discharge of conditions 2 (Materials), 3 (Boundaries) and 4 (Floor levels) from approved application…

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions16/00294/SUB01
  2. 2016
    8 Feb

    Demolition of existing dwelling and replacement with a detached four bedroom property and double garage

    This applicationApprovedFull16/00294/FUL

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