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The Rookeries Carleton Junior And Infant School Carleton Road Pontefract WF8 3NP

17/02740/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 March 2018

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing detached classroom block; erection of a two single storey extensions containing 2no. Classrooms, a Studio, staff room and associated accommodation; creation of hardstanding and extension of fence line

Received
18 October 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
13
Ward
Pontefract South
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 126 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Rookeries Carleton Junior And Infant School Carleton Road Pontefract WF8 3NP. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 146 days, 13 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 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 3NP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2017
Consultation expiry
5 March 2018
Consultation start
12 February 2018
Consultation end
5 March 2018
Last date for comments
29 December 2017
Target decision date
2 January 2018
Permission expires
13 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Wakefield One Burton Street Wakefield WF1 2EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 December 2017
Advertisement expiry
29 December 2017
Site notice start
8 December 2017
Site notice end
29 December 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06447763
Documents
319

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: WakefieldPart of the site
  • 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, 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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  1. 2019
    13 Nov

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    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions17/02740/SUB02
  2. 2018
    22 Oct

    Discharge of condition 4 of approval 17/02740/FUL

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions17/02740/SUB01
  3. 2017
    18 Oct

    Demolition of existing detached classroom block; erection of a two single storey extensions containing 2no…

    This applicationApprovedFull17/02740/FUL

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