Plot 7 Land To The North Of Priory Cottage 85 Pontefract WF7 7EF

18/02793/S7302S73 Planning ApplicationRefused

Discharge / amendments

Refused on 17 March 2022

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Approval (18/02793/FUL dated 15th November 2019) has already been granted for: demolition of riding arena building and construction of two detached houses, including ancillary works. This proposal is to vary house design on plot 7 (condition 2) vary boundary treatment (condition 8) and vary landscaping (condition 9)

Received: 29 September 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Ward: Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton

ReceivedReceived29 Sep
ValidatedValidated8 Oct
Consult.Consultation5 Nov
TargetTarget Date3 Dec
DecidedDecided17 Mar

Decided in 160 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Plot 7 Land To The North Of Priory Cottage 85 Pontefract WF7 7EF. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 16 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 7EF
Application type: S73 Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Ackworth

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 October 2021
Consultation expiry: 25 November 2021
Consultation start: 15 October 2021
Consultation end: 5 November 2021
Neighbour consultation start: 15 October 2021
Neighbour consultation end: 5 November 2021
Last date for comments: 24 November 2021
Target decision date: 3 December 2021
Decision issued: 18 March 2022
Permission expires: 18 March 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 4 November 2021
Advertisement expiry: 25 November 2021
Site notice start: 3 November 2021
Site notice end: 24 November 2021

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 14

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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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