Former Fire Station Site Off Stuart Road And Newport Street, Pontefract Stuart Road / Newport Street Pontefract

20/02818/NMC03Non Matertial Amendment 03Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 7 December 2022

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Non material amendments to approved application 20/02818/FUL. The proposals include amendments to landscaped areas, northern Fence line adjusted, paving to central courtyard rationalised, site vehicle access width and southern kerb radii amended, position of patio boundary walls adjusted (walls moved closer to building footprint along slip road and Stuart Road elevations) & area of paving to patio increased.

Received: 16 November 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Ward: Pontefract North
Agent: Acanthus WSM Architects

ReceivedReceived16 Nov
ValidatedValidated16 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date14 Dec
DecidedDecided7 Dec

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former Fire Station Site Off Stuart Road And Newport Street, Pontefract Stuart Road / Newport Street Pontefract. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 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 34 applications across Pontefract North.

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

Application type: Non Matertial Amendment 03
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 November 2022
Target decision date: 14 December 2022
Decision issued: 8 December 2022
Permission expires: 8 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: Acanthus WSM Architects
Agent address: Studio 11 2 King Charles Street Leeds LS1 6LS

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11664154
Comments: 0
Documents: 7

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.

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