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Monument House The Circle Pontefract WF8 2AY

17/00176/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 February 2018

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and the construction of 12 no. dwellings and associated car parking.

Received
24 January 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract South
  1. Received24 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Jun
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided15 Feb

Decided in 384 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Monument House The Circle Pontefract WF8 2AY. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 387 days, 47 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Pontefract South. We hold 2,011 applications in total for the WF8 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
WF8 2AY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
12

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2017
Consultation expiry
3 November 2017
Consultation start
23 May 2017
Consultation end
6 June 2017
Last date for comments
3 November 2017
Target decision date
28 April 2017
Permission expires
15 February 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Andrew Tonge 24A St Andrews Road Sheffield South Yorkshire S11 9AL

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 October 2017
Advertisement expiry
3 November 2017
Site notice start
13 October 2017
Site notice end
27 October 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05711951
Comments
0
Documents
221

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Monument House,The Circle,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

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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.

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  2. 2018
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  3. 2018
    2 Mar

    Discharge of conditions 8 (Dust), 15 (Construction Method Statement) and 17 (Wheel Washing) from approved…

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions17/00176/SUB01
  4. 2018
    2 Mar

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Drainage) and 4 (Flow Runoff) from approved application 17/00176/FUL

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions17/00176/SUB02
  5. 2017
    24 Jan

    Demolition of existing buildings and the construction of 12 no. dwellings and associated car parking.

    This applicationApprovedFull17/00176/FUL

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