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21 Woodland Drive Wakefield WF2 6DB

21/01680/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 21 September 2021

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Detailed application for 2No dwellings, including partial demolition of the existing dwelling (to be retained as storage).

Received
28 June 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
31
Ward
Wakefield South
Agent
Townsend Planning Consultants
  1. Received28 Jun
  2. Validated2 Aug
  3. Consult.31 Aug
  4. Target27 Sep
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 21 Woodland Drive Wakefield WF2 6DB. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 6DB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 August 2021
Consultation expiry
1 September 2021
Consultation start
10 August 2021
Consultation end
31 August 2021
Neighbour consultation start
11 August 2021
Neighbour consultation end
1 September 2021
Last date for comments
1 September 2021
Target decision date
27 September 2021
Decision issued
22 September 2021
Permission expires
22 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Townsend Planning Consultants
Agent address
PO Box 788 Wakefield WF1 9UX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3292179
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 March 2023Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09947330
Documents
23

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

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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© 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.

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