Knottingley Quarry Womersley Road Knottingley WF11 0DN

16/03158/S7302S73 Planning ApplicationApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 April 2026

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)20 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Variation of conditions 1 (approved plans), 2 (restoration date), 4 (minerals working standoffs) and 25 (landscape restoration scheme) and the removal of conditions 3 (export limestone), 5 (levels of quarry floor), 6 (removal of materials), 7 (noise limits for soil stripping), 8 (hours for soil stripping), 9 (noise levels for mineral extraction),10 (mineral extraction hours) and 14 (no blasting or explosives) pursuant to 16/03158/S7301(dated 5.2.2024 and which granted planning permission for the variation of conditions in order to extend the timescales for the mineral extraction and restoration operations at Knottingley Quarry) to allow the delivery of the restoration of Knottingley Quarry to be brought forward (part retrospective).

Received: 30 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 6
Council: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Ward: Knottingley

ReceivedReceived30 Jan
ValidatedValidated30 Jan
Consult.Consultation5 Mar
TargetTarget Date27 Mar
DecidedDecided15 Apr

Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Knottingley Quarry Womersley Road Knottingley WF11 0DN. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 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 18 applications across Knottingley. We hold 84 applications in total for the WF11 postcode area.

93% of amendment 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: WF11 0DN
Application type: S73 Planning Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 12 March 2026
Consultation start: 12 February 2026
Consultation end: 5 March 2026
Last date for comments: 12 March 2026
Target decision date: 27 March 2026
Decision issued: 16 April 2026
Permission expires: 16 April 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent: MJCA
Agent address: Baddesley Colliery Offices Main Road Baxterley Atherstone Warwickshire CV9 2LE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 19 February 2026
Advertisement expiry: 12 March 2026
Site notice start: 12 February 2026
Site notice end: 5 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13504204
Documents: 19

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: WakefieldPart of the site
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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Source: Wakefield

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