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Castleford Normanton Hospital South West Yorkshire Mental Health Nhs Trust Lumley Street Castleford WF10 5LT

17/01065/REMApproval of Reserved MattersApproved
Reserved matters

Approved on 5 October 2017

Council decision: Application ApprovedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reserved Matters Approval to demolish the existing hospital and develop 100 dwellings with associated car parking, landscaping and ancillary works.

Received
24 April 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
25
Ward
Altofts And Whitwood
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.24 May
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided5 Oct

Decided in 164 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Castleford Normanton Hospital South West Yorkshire Mental Health Nhs Trust Lumley Street Castleford WF10 5LT. Wakefield has handled 896 applications of this type. This one was decided in 164 days, 15 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 36 applications across Altofts And Whitwood. We hold 760 applications in total for the WF10 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
WF10 5LT
Application type
Approval of Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
100

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2017
Consultation expiry
2 June 2017
Consultation start
3 May 2017
Consultation end
24 May 2017
Neighbour consultation start
27 September 2017
Neighbour consultation end
30 May 2017
Last date for comments
2 June 2017
Target decision date
24 July 2017
Committee meeting
5 October 2017
Decision issued
9 November 2017
Permission expires
9 November 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 May 2017
Advertisement expiry
2 June 2017
Site notice start
12 May 2017
Site notice end
2 June 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06007563
Documents
79

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2017
    14 Dec

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Materials), 5 (Construction Method Plan), 9 (Crime), 10 (Travel Plan), 11 (Date…

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions17/01065/SUB01
  2. 2017
    24 Apr

    Reserved Matters Approval to demolish the existing hospital and develop 100 dwellings with associated car…

    This applicationApprovedReserved matters17/01065/REM

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