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South Elmsall Fire Station Barnsley Road South Elmsall Pontefract WF9 2AA

17/02307/DEMDemolition NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 2 November 2017

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of former fire station

Received
1 September 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South Elmsall And South Kirkby
Agent
Planning Potential Ltd.
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.1 Nov
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided2 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at South Elmsall Fire Station Barnsley Road South Elmsall Pontefract WF9 2AA. Wakefield has handled 83 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across South Elmsall And South Kirkby. We hold 1,144 applications in total for the WF9 postcode area.

91% of all 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
WF9 2AA
Application type
Demolition Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Kirkby

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2017
Consultation expiry
1 November 2017
Consultation start
11 October 2017
Consultation end
1 November 2017
Last date for comments
1 November 2017
Target decision date
6 October 2017
Permission expires
2 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning Potential Ltd.
Agent address
14-15 Regent Parade HARROGATE HG1 5AW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06352866
Comments
0
Documents
52

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: South Elmsall Fire Station, Barnsley Road, South ElmsallRegister site at or near this address · +1 more

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© 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.

Source: Wakefield

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