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17 Ropergate Pontefract WF8 1LL

20/02184/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 14 January 2021

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from retail (A1) at ground floor fronting Southgate to office (Use Class E) and at part ground floor to restaurant/ takeaway (Use Class A3/A5)

Received
12 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Pontefract North
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 17 Ropergate Pontefract WF8 1LL. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 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 1LL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2020
Consultation expiry
26 November 2020
Consultation start
21 October 2020
Consultation end
11 November 2020
Last date for comments
26 November 2020
Target decision date
11 December 2020
Decision issued
15 January 2021
Permission expires
15 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Crowther Turnbull Booth 12th Floor The Basilica 2 King Charles Street Leeds LS1 6LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 November 2020
Advertisement expiry
26 November 2020
Site notice start
30 October 2020
Site notice end
20 November 2020

Appeal history

3272076
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 14 October 2021Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09146708
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 12 - 14 Ropergate, PontefractRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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