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Former Prince Of Wales Colliery Park Road Pontefract WF8 4QB

17/02081/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 6 June 2018

Council decision: Application ApprovedPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Section 73 Variation of conditions to planning permission 13/01144/OUT: Condition 5 (Notional Masterplan and revised phasing),Condition 6 (Phasing Plans), Condition 7 (Approved Plans),Condition 18 ( Development served from Park Road Access),Condition 20 (Beechnut Lane Phasing Numbering),Condition 21 Construction Management Phasingnumbering), Condition 22 Park Road Signal Controlled Access, Condition 23 (Park Road Access Details), Condition 24 (Skinner Lane Highway Improvements), Condition 25 (Details of Highways Works Phasing Numbering), Condition 27 (Details of Pedestrian Works Phasing Numbering), Condition 49 ( Details of Education Provision numbering), Condition 50 (Details of Affordable Housing Provision Phasing Numbering and Phasing Plan), Condition 51 (Design Code Addendum) under approved application 06/02544/OUT for the redevelopment of the former colliery pit yard and adjoining land with mixed use urban extension to Pontefract to include erection of residential development (C3 - 917 Units), employment development (B1 - 21853 sq metres), live-work unit (sui generis 10 units) and supportive ancillary facilities including retail , restaurants, cafes and drinking establishments (A1, A3, A4-2474 sq metres) a medical centre (D1), a community centre (D1), a childrens day nursery (D1) and construction of a new road, access roads, a linear park, footpaths, public squares and public open spaces, car parking, landscaping and associated works.

Received
7 August 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
86
Ward
Pontefract North
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.19 Apr
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided6 Jun

Decided in 302 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at Former Prince Of Wales Colliery Park Road Pontefract WF8 4QB. Wakefield has handled 896 applications of this type. This one was decided in 303 days, 35 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications 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 4QB
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
917

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2017
Consultation expiry
19 April 2018
Consultation start
29 March 2018
Consultation end
19 April 2018
Neighbour consultation start
16 May 2018
Neighbour consultation end
5 February 2018
Last date for comments
19 April 2018
Target decision date
7 November 2017
Committee meeting
24 May 2018
Permission expires
6 June 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Spawforths
Agent address
Spawforths Junction 41 Business Court East Ardsley Leeds WF3 2AB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 January 2018
Advertisement expiry
16 February 2018
Site notice start
26 January 2018
Site notice end
16 February 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06247084
Documents
121

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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. 2020
    18 Sep

    Application to part-discharge conditions 30, 31, 32 and 33 of Phase 5 under planning permission 17/02081/OUT

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions17/02081/SUB09
  2. 2020
    12 Mar

    Section 73 Application for Removal of Condition 13 to Planning Permission 17/02081/OUT

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)17/02081/S7302
  3. 2020
    4 Mar

    Section 73 Application to comply with Condition 12 of Permission : 17/02081/OUT

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)17/02081/S7301
  4. 2019
    16 Oct

    Application to part -discharge Condition 50 - Renewable Energy under planning permission 17/02081/OUT

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions17/02081/SUB08
  5. 2019
    23 Sep

    Application to part- discharge condition under Planning Permision 17/02081/OUT

    Conditions part DischargedDischarge of conditions17/02081/SUB07
  6. 2019
    24 Jun

    Application to part- discharge details reserved by condition under Planning Permision 17/02081/OUT

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions17/02081/SUB05
  7. 2019
    24 Jun

    Application for Part Discharge of Conditions - Phase 6 ( Avant Homes) Condition 3 Highway Works ; Condition…

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions17/02081/SUB06
  8. 2019
    28 Mar

    Application for part - discharge of planning conditions ( Parcel Phase 3 and part Parcel Phase 5 Avant Homes)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions13/01144/SUB29
  9. 2018
    6 Dec

    Part Discharge of Planning Condition 36 -Sound Attenuation (Phase 6A part discharge only) development…

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions17/02081/SUB03
  10. 2018
    6 Dec

    Discharge of Conditions : Condition 6 (Partial Discharge relating to Phase 6a)-Public open space and public…

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions17/02081/SUB04
  11. 2018
    19 Nov

    Application for discharge of planning conditions (part only) to Condition 50 (Energy Efficiency scheme); and…

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions17/02913/SUB01
  12. 2018
    2 Nov

    Part discharge of Condition 14 (SupplementaryTravel Plan for Residential Phase 6 A only ( Avant Homes) to…

    Conditions part DischargedDischarge of conditions17/02081/SUB02
  13. 2018
    18 Jul

    Approval of reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) pursuant to application 17/02081/OUT

    ApprovedReserved mattersRelated18/01635/REM
  14. 2018
    22 Jun

    Part Discharge of Condition 36 (Noise) relating to Phase 3 only ; part dischagre of Condition 54 Glazing…

    PendingDischarge of conditions17/02081/SUB01
  15. 2017
    7 Aug

    Section 73 Variation of conditions to planning permission 13/01144/OUT

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)17/02081/OUT

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