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Court Farm Lee Lane Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7LX

18/02114/COUChange of Use Prior NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 1 November 2018

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

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Proposal

Change of use of Agricultural Barn to Dwelling

Received
14 September 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target9 Nov
  5. Decided1 Nov

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Court Farm Lee Lane Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7LX. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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 442 applications in total for the WF7 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
WF7 7LX
Application type
Change of Use Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ackworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2018
Consultation expiry
26 October 2018
Consultation start
19 September 2018
Consultation end
10 October 2018
Last date for comments
26 October 2018
Target decision date
9 November 2018
Decision issued
2 November 2018
Permission expires
2 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 October 2018
Advertisement expiry
26 October 2018
Site notice start
5 October 2018
Site notice end
26 October 2018

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
69

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Wakefield
  • 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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2018
    26 Jun

    Conversion of agricultural barn into two storey dwelling

    RefusedAgricultural to C318/01482/COUQ

Source: Wakefield

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