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55A Northgate/Back Northgate (Land At) Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 1HJ

16/01291/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 December 2016

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Demolition of existing commercial buildings on site and construction of a three storey building for 14 apartments with associated car parking (landscaping reserved matter for subsequent approval)

Received
24 May 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract North
  1. Received24 May
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.30 Jun
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 196 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 55A Northgate/Back Northgate (Land At) Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 1HJ. Wakefield has handled 896 applications of this type. This one was decided in 205 days, 21 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 34 applications across Pontefract North. We hold 2,011 applications in total for the WF8 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
WF8 1HJ
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
14

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2016
Consultation expiry
2 December 2016
Consultation start
9 June 2016
Consultation end
30 June 2016
Last date for comments
2 December 2016
Target decision date
1 September 2016
Decision issued
16 December 2016
Permission expires
16 December 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Michael Townsend 10 Rishworth Street Wakefield WF1 3BY

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 November 2016
Advertisement expiry
2 December 2016
Site notice start
17 June 2016
Site notice end
8 July 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05160811
Comments
0
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Brownfield land register: 55A Northgate/Back Northgate (Land At), PontefractRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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