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Woodlands Great North Road Wentbridge Pontefract WF8 3JJ

19/01368/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 30 October 2019

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension to front to provide vertical transition from existing ground floor to lower ground floor garage parking, alterations to driveway to remove impractical 1 in 5 driveway gradient and other external alterations

Received
14 June 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Pontefract South
Agent
Waller & Partners
  1. Received14 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Woodlands Great North Road Wentbridge Pontefract WF8 3JJ. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 138 days, 12 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Pontefract South. We hold 2,011 applications in total for the WF8 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
WF8 3JJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Darrington

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2019
Consultation expiry
11 October 2019
Consultation start
19 September 2019
Consultation end
10 October 2019
Neighbour consultation start
19 September 2019
Neighbour consultation end
3 October 2019
Last date for comments
11 October 2019
Target decision date
28 August 2019
Permission expires
30 October 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Waller & Partners
Architect profile
WALLER & PARTNERS LIMITED
Agent address
Ground Floor 1 Millfield Lodge Cottingley Business Park BD16 1PY Bingley BD16 1PY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 July 2019
Advertisement expiry
2 August 2019
Site notice start
27 September 2019
Site notice end
11 October 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07917027
Documents
138

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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© 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
    24 Sep

    Removal of T11 and T13 due to poor health condition

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent18/02183/TPO

Source: Wakefield

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