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Albany Crescent South Elmsall Pontefract

19/02488/DEMDemolition NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 7 February 2020

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of two storey block of Flats, maisonettes and houses - 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 & 48 Albany Crescent.

Received
4 November 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South Elmsall And South Kirkby
Agent
Watson Batty Architects Ltd
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.27 Dec
  4. Target2 Dec
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 95 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Albany Crescent South Elmsall Pontefract. Wakefield has handled 83 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across South Elmsall And South Kirkby.

91% of all 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

Application type
Demolition Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Elmsall

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2019
Consultation expiry
27 December 2019
Consultation start
6 December 2019
Consultation end
27 December 2019
Last date for comments
27 December 2019
Target decision date
2 December 2019
Decision issued
12 February 2020
Permission expires
12 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Watson Batty Architects Ltd
Architect profile
WATSON BATTY ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Watson Batty Architects Ltd Shires House Shires Road Guiseley Leeds LS20 8EU

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08202382
Comments
0
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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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Source: Wakefield

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