Priory Cottage Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EF

18/02793/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 14 November 2019

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Demolition of riding arena building and construction of two detached houses including ancillary works.

Received: 6 December 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Ward: Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton

ReceivedReceived6 Dec
ValidatedValidated6 Dec
Consult.Consultation30 Sep
TargetTarget Date31 Jan
DecidedDecided14 Nov

Decided in 343 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Priory Cottage Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EF. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 343 days, 41 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. There have been 12 other applications 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.

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: WF7 7EF
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Ackworth

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 December 2018
Consultation expiry: 11 October 2019
Consultation start: 9 September 2019
Consultation end: 30 September 2019
Neighbour consultation start: 9 September 2019
Neighbour consultation end: 30 September 2019
Last date for comments: 11 October 2019
Target decision date: 31 January 2019
Decision issued: 15 November 2019
Permission expires: 15 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Richard Lee Project Planning 29 CLONNERS FIELD NANTWICH CW5 7GU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 20 September 2019
Advertisement expiry: 11 October 2019
Site notice start: 20 September 2019
Site notice end: 11 October 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07394741
Documents: 91

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
Listed building: Grade II: Priory CottageOn this site
Green belt: WakefieldPart of the site

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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