Former Prince Of Wales Colliery Park Road Pontefract WF8 4QB

17/02081/S7301Section 73 ApplicationApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 27 August 2021

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Section 73 Application to comply with Condition 12 of Permission : 17/02081/OUT with relocation of Community Centre to Phase 5b and associated revisions to Condition 5 Notional Master Plan; and Condition 6 Site Phasing Plan for Prince of Wales.

Received: 4 March 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Ward: Pontefract North

ReceivedReceived4 Mar
ValidatedValidated4 Mar
Consult.Consultation22 Jun
TargetTarget Date29 Apr
DecidedDecided27 Aug

Decided in 541 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former Prince Of Wales Colliery Park Road Pontefract WF8 4QB. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. This one was decided in 541 days, 69 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 34 applications across Pontefract North. We hold 2,011 applications in total for the WF8 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: WF8 4QB
Application type: Section 73 Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 March 2020
Consultation expiry: 13 May 2021
Consultation start: 1 June 2020
Consultation end: 22 June 2020
Neighbour consultation start: 3 June 2020
Neighbour consultation end: 24 June 2020
Last date for comments: 13 May 2021
Target decision date: 29 April 2020
Permission expires: 27 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: FAO: Hannah Richardson Junction 41 Business Court East Ardsley Leeds West Yorkshire WF3 2AB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 22 April 2021
Advertisement expiry: 13 May 2021
Site notice start: 22 April 2021
Site notice end: 13 May 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-08482764
Documents: 13

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.

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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© 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.

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