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Prince Of Wales Colliery (Spoil Tip Site) De Lacy Way Pontefract Wakefield

21/00437/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 11 January 2023

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Importation of soil and soil materials to complete the restoration of Prince of Wales Colliery Spoil Tip

Received
18 February 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Pontefract North
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided11 Jan

Decided in 684 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Prince Of Wales Colliery (Spoil Tip Site) De Lacy Way Pontefract Wakefield. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 692 days, 91 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Pontefract North.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2021
Consultation expiry
7 April 2021
Consultation start
4 March 2021
Consultation end
25 March 2021
Last date for comments
7 April 2021
Target decision date
28 May 2021
Decision issued
28 February 2023
Permission expires
28 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Barton Willmore The Forum The Pearl New Bridge Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 March 2021
Advertisement expiry
1 April 2021
Site notice start
17 March 2021
Site notice end
7 April 2021

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: WakefieldPart 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    23 Oct

    Discharge of condition 19 (Land Drainage Scheme) in relation to land parcels B & C Only from approved…

    Conditions part DischargedDischarge of conditions21/00437/SUB01
  2. 2021
    18 Feb

    Importation of soil and soil materials to complete the restoration of Prince of Wales Colliery Spoil Tip

    This applicationApprovedFull21/00437/FUL

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