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26 Woolgreaves Avenue Wakefield WF2 6DX

21/00723/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 August 2021

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey rear and side extension

Received
17 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Wakefield South
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.19 Apr
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided24 Aug

Decided in 153 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a side extension at 26 Woolgreaves Avenue Wakefield WF2 6DX. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 160 days, 15 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Wakefield South. We hold 1,159 applications in total for the WF2 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
WF2 6DX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2021
Consultation expiry
19 April 2021
Neighbour consultation start
1 June 2021
Neighbour consultation end
19 April 2021
Last date for comments
19 April 2021
Target decision date
19 May 2021
Decision issued
27 August 2021
Permission expires
27 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mrs Ruth King 28 Chadwick Lane Lower Hopton Mirfield West Yorkshire WF14 8RA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

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.

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.

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Source: Wakefield

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