Priory Cottage Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EF

18/02793/S7303S73 Planning ApplicationApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 5 October 2023

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Variation of Condition no.2 (plans list) of consent 18/02793/S7301 (Variation of 18/02793/FUL for Demolition of riding arena building and construction of two detached houses including ancillary works dated 15th November 2019) to increase roof pitch to 25 degrees (to facilitate the slate roof covering) and to amend boundary treatment to stone wall and timber gate at plot 8.

Received: 22 May 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Ward: Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton

ReceivedReceived22 May
ValidatedValidated15 Jun
Consult.Consultation22 Aug
TargetTarget Date10 Aug
DecidedDecided5 Oct

Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Priory Cottage Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EF. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 11 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. 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.

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: 15 June 2023
Consultation expiry: 22 August 2023
Consultation start: 8 August 2023
Consultation end: 22 August 2023
Last date for comments: 22 August 2023
Target decision date: 10 August 2023
Permission expires: 5 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Pearce & Pearce
Agent address: Pearce & Pearce 17 Ropergate Pontefract WF8 1LL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 29 June 2023
Advertisement expiry: 20 July 2023
Site notice start: 22 June 2023
Site notice end: 13 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12166556
Documents: 0

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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Associated applications

2023
22 May
Variation of Condition no.2 (plans list) of consent 18/02793/S7301
This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)18/02793/S7303
2022
18 Sep
Discharge of conditions 10 (External Materials), 11 (Mortar Mix) and 12 (Fenestration) from approved…
Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions18/02793/SUB03
2021
6 May
Variation of Condition no.2 (plans list) of consent 18/02793/FUL
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Part of18/02793/S7301
2018
6 Dec
Demolition of riding arena building and construction of two detached houses including ancillary works.
ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of18/02793/FUL

Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Wakefield

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