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Prince Of Wales Energy Park Skinner Lane (land Off) Pontefract

20/00336/NMCNon Material Change - Minor AmendmentsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 June 2020

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Proposed installation of an additional 26 linear metres of 5m high acoustic screen on the western boundary of the site

Received
12 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract North
Agent
Baker Barnett Limited
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 125 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Prince Of Wales Energy Park Skinner Lane (land Off) Pontefract. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 10 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 34 applications across Pontefract North.

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

Application type
Non Material Change - Minor Amendments
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2020
Consultation expiry
11 March 2020
Consultation start
19 February 2020
Consultation end
11 March 2020
Last date for comments
11 March 2020
Target decision date
11 March 2020
Decision issued
9 July 2020
Permission expires
9 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Baker Barnett Limited
Architect profile
BAKER BARNETT LIMITED
Agent address
Unit 10 Markham Vale Environment Centre Markham Lane Chesterfield S44 5HY

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08478589
Comments
0
Documents
5

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

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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