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25 Ropergate Pontefract WF8 1LG

21/00713/S7301Section 73 ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 31 May 2022

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) of application 21/00713/FUL dated 12/08/2021 [which granted full planning permission for the change of use from bank to public house with on-site brewery] to alter internal layout to omit on-site brewery and mezzanine floor and retention of existing opening to rear

Received
28 February 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract North
  1. Received28 Feb
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.12 May
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided31 May

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 25 Ropergate Pontefract WF8 1LG. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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
WF8 1LG
Application type
Section 73 Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2022
Consultation expiry
27 May 2022
Consultation start
21 April 2022
Consultation end
12 May 2022
Last date for comments
27 May 2022
Target decision date
13 May 2022
Permission expires
31 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
49 Carleton Road Pontefract WF8 3NE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 May 2022
Advertisement expiry
26 May 2022
Site notice start
6 May 2022
Site notice end
27 May 2022

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

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

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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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