Wrangbrook Grange Farm Upton Pontefract West Yorkshire WF9 1LN

17/03221/COUQAgricultural to C3Approved

Approved on 27 February 2018

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

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Proposal

Change of use of Agricultural Building to 1no. dwelling house

Received: 15 December 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Ward: Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton

ReceivedReceived15 Dec
ValidatedValidated4 Jan
Consult.Consultation30 Jan
TargetTarget Date1 Mar
DecidedDecided27 Feb

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Wrangbrook Grange Farm Upton Pontefract West Yorkshire WF9 1LN. Wakefield has handled 83 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton. 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 1LN
Application type: Agricultural to C3
Scale / size: Small
Parish: North Elmsall

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 January 2018
Consultation expiry: 16 February 2018
Consultation start: 9 January 2018
Consultation end: 30 January 2018
Last date for comments: 16 February 2018
Target decision date: 1 March 2018
Decision issued: 1 March 2018
Permission expires: 1 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address: IQ Architecture & Design Phoenix House The Studio 96 Blacker Road Huddersfield West Yorkshire HD1 5HN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 26 January 2018
Site notice end: 16 February 2018

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 97

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Green belt: Wakefield

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.

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Associated applications

2018
30 Oct
Discharge of conditions 2 (Materials), 3 (Remediation), 4 (Verification report), 5 (Unexpected…
Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions17/03221/SUB01
2017
15 Dec
Change of use of Agricultural Building to 1no. dwelling house
This applicationApprovedOther17/03221/COUQ

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Wakefield

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