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74 Churchbalk Lane Pontefract WF8 2QJ

21/01216/COUChange of Use Prior NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 28 June 2021

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of mixed use newsagents/dwellinghouse to dwellinghouse comprising 3 bedrooms

Received
5 May 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract South
  1. Received5 May
  2. Validated5 May
  3. Consult.27 May
  4. Target29 Jun
  5. Decided28 Jun

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 74 Churchbalk Lane Pontefract WF8 2QJ. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Pontefract South. 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 2QJ
Application type
Change of Use Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 May 2021
Consultation expiry
27 May 2021
Consultation start
6 May 2021
Consultation end
27 May 2021
Last date for comments
27 May 2021
Target decision date
29 June 2021
Decision issued
29 June 2021
Permission expires
29 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
14 Hillside Byram Knottingley Wf11 9 DW

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09785558
Comments
0
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

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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