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Former Castleford Community Learning Centre 78 Bridge Street Castleford WF10 1RB

20/02820/S7301Section 73 ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 17 May 2022

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (plans) and removal of condition 3 (noise mitigation) from approved application 20/02820/FUL dated 16 November 2021 for the conversion of existing learning centre and second floor extension to form 16no. apartments in order to amend window design and acoustic performance.

Received
17 February 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Castleford Central And Glasshoughton
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided17 May

Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former Castleford Community Learning Centre 78 Bridge Street Castleford WF10 1RB. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer 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 34 applications across Castleford Central And Glasshoughton. We hold 760 applications in total for the WF10 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
WF10 1RB
Application type
Section 73 Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
16

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2022
Consultation expiry
31 March 2022
Consultation start
24 February 2022
Consultation end
17 March 2022
Last date for comments
31 March 2022
Target decision date
19 May 2022
Decision issued
18 May 2022
Permission expires
18 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Neil Bowen Architects Ltd Unit 2, The Office Campus Paragon Business Park Red Hall Court Wakefield WF1 2UY

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 March 2022
Advertisement expiry
31 March 2022
Site notice start
3 March 2022
Site notice end
24 March 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11045842
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    7 Oct

    Discharge of Condition 6 (Cycle parking), Condition 8 (Boundary Treatment), Condition 10 (Bins) & Condition…

    PendingDischarge of conditions20/02820/SUB01
  2. 2022
    17 Feb

    Variation of condition 2 (plans) and removal of condition 3 (noise mitigation) from approved application…

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)20/02820/S7301
  3. 2020
    21 Dec

    Conversion of existing learning centre and second floor extension to form 16no. apartments

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of20/02820/FUL

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    30 Sep

    Change of use from offices to 18 Flats

    RefusedB1 to C320/02080/COUO

Source: Wakefield

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