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Unit 8 Tavern Works Skinner Lane Pontefract WF8 1HG

20/01132/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 25 August 2020

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use from General Industrial (use class B2) use to Gymnasium (use class D2)

Received
15 June 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract North
  1. Received15 Jun
  2. Validated15 Jun
  3. Consult.13 Jul
  4. Target10 Aug
  5. Decided25 Aug

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 8 Tavern Works Skinner Lane Pontefract WF8 1HG. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Pontefract North. 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 1HG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 June 2020
Consultation expiry
4 August 2020
Consultation start
22 June 2020
Consultation end
13 July 2020
Last date for comments
4 August 2020
Target decision date
10 August 2020
Permission expires
25 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Pearce & Pearce 10 Bluebell Court Pontefract WF8 4FX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 July 2020
Site notice end
4 August 2020

Appeal history

3275372
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 28 January 2022Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal
Green Belt
3262317
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 6 May 2021Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08778436
Comments
0
Documents
11

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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2020
    15 Jun

    Proposed change of use from General Industrial (use class B2) use to Gymnasium (use class D2)

    This applicationApprovedFull20/01132/FUL
  2. 2020
    15 Jun

    Signage scheme in connection with proposed change of use from General Industrial (Use class B2) to Gymnasium…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside20/01133/ADV

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