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5 Banks Avenue Pontefract WF8 4DL

20/02051/GPDPD Rear Extension NotificationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 November 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey extension to rear, with maximum projection of 3.5m, maximum height to eaves of 2.1m, and maximum height of 3.6m

Received
28 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract South
  1. Received28 Sep
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.27 Oct
  4. Target6 Nov
  5. Decided2 Nov

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 5 Banks Avenue Pontefract WF8 4DL. Wakefield has handled 896 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker 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 23 applications across Pontefract South. We hold 2,011 applications in total for the WF8 postcode area.

95% of outline 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 4DL
Application type
PD Rear Extension Notification
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2020
Consultation expiry
27 October 2020
Neighbour consultation start
6 October 2020
Neighbour consultation end
27 October 2020
Last date for comments
27 October 2020
Target decision date
6 November 2020
Permission expires
2 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

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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© 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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