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17 Barnsley Road South Elmsall Pontefract WF9 2RN

20/01258/COUChange of Use Prior NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 18 August 2020

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from shop (A1 use class) at first and second floor to 3 no. residential apartments including 1x 1 Bed Apartment & 2 x 2 Bed Apartment (C3 Use Class)

Received
29 June 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South Elmsall And South Kirkby
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.24 Jul
  4. Target23 Aug
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 17 Barnsley Road South Elmsall Pontefract WF9 2RN. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across South Elmsall And South Kirkby. We hold 1,144 applications in total for the WF9 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
WF9 2RN
Application type
Change of Use Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Elmsall

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2020
Consultation expiry
13 August 2020
Consultation start
3 July 2020
Consultation end
24 July 2020
Last date for comments
13 August 2020
Target decision date
23 August 2020
Decision issued
19 August 2020
Permission expires
19 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
15 Holme Farm Way Carleton Pontefract WF8 3FB

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 July 2020
Site notice end
13 August 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08841475
Comments
0
Documents
9

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Wakefield

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