The Old Coach House Button Park Pontefract WF8 4HT
Refused on 19 November 2020
Council decision: Prior Approval Required and RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of existing office building to of 3 no. 2 bedroom apartment dwellings
- Received
- 25 September 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Ward
- Pontefract North
- ReceivedReceived25 Sep
- ValidatedValidated25 Sep
- Consult.Consultation28 Oct
- TargetTarget Date20 Nov
- DecidedDecided19 Nov
Decided in 55 days
About this application
This is a planning application at The Old Coach House Button Park Pontefract WF8 4HT. Wakefield has handled 8,262 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- WF8 4HT
- Application type
- B1 to C3
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 September 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 19 November 2020
- Consultation start
- 7 October 2020
- Consultation end
- 28 October 2020
- Last date for comments
- 19 November 2020
- Target decision date
- 20 November 2020
- Decision issued
- 20 November 2020
- Permission expires
- 20 November 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 10 Bluebell Court Pontefract Wakefield WF8 4FX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 October 2020
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 November 2020
- Site notice start
- 29 October 2020
- Site notice end
- 19 November 2020
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202318 Jan
Conversion of existing office building to 2no. one bedroom apartments and 2no. studio apartments…
PendingClass E to C323/00097/COUMA - 202214 Nov
Conversion of office building to 3no. one bed apartments and 1 no. studio
RefusedClass E to C322/02325/COUMA - 202024 Nov
Change of use of existing office building to 2 no. dwellings
ApprovedB1 to C320/02582/COUO
Source: Wakefield
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