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The Hollies Doncaster Road South Elmsall Pontefract WF9 2HX

21/00742/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 August 2021

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Residential development of 8no. dwellings (max), comprising up to 4no. 3-bedroomed townhouses and a block of up to 4no. 1-bedroomed apartments, including demolition of existing bungalow dwelling (outline application including access and layout with all other matters reserved for future approval)

Received
22 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South Elmsall And South Kirkby
Agent
architectural design consultant
  1. Received22 Mar
  2. Validated22 Mar
  3. Consult.3 Aug
  4. Target17 May
  5. Decided31 Aug

Decided in 162 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at The Hollies Doncaster Road South Elmsall Pontefract WF9 2HX. Wakefield has handled 896 applications of this type. This one was decided in 162 days, 15 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across South Elmsall And South Kirkby. We hold 1,144 applications in total for the WF9 postcode area.

95% of outline 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
WF9 2HX
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Elmsall

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 March 2021
Consultation expiry
12 August 2021
Consultation start
13 July 2021
Consultation end
3 August 2021
Last date for comments
12 August 2021
Target decision date
17 May 2021
Decision issued
1 September 2021
Permission expires
1 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
architectural design consultant
Agent address
linwood barnsley road dodworth barnsley S75 3JR United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 July 2021
Site notice end
12 August 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09652251
Comments
0
Documents
16

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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