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Land To The South Side Of Station Road Pontefract South Elmsall WF9 2JS

21/01773/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 13 April 2022

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF LAND TO A USE COMPRISING OF A 2 PITCH (2 STATICS, 2 TRAILERS AND 2 DAY ROOMS) TRAVELLER SITE, INCLUDING THE FORMATION OF A HARD STANDING WITH ACCESS OFF STATION ROAD, THE INSTALLATION OF A BIO-GESTER, THE ERECTION OF A BOUNDARY FENCE AND LANDSCAPED AMENITY SPACE WITHIN THE SITE (PART RETROSPECTIVE)

Received
6 July 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
71
Ward
Hemsworth
Agent
MAT DESIGN
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.6 Aug
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided13 Apr

Decided in 281 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land To The South Side Of Station Road Pontefract South Elmsall WF9 2JS. Wakefield has handled 3,735 applications of this type. This one was decided in 281 days, 32 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 14 applications across Hemsworth. We hold 1,144 applications in total for the WF9 postcode area.

93% 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
WF9 2JS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Elmsall

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2021
Consultation expiry
20 August 2021
Consultation start
16 July 2021
Consultation end
6 August 2021
Last date for comments
12 August 2021
Target decision date
31 August 2021
Permission expires
13 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
MAT DESIGN
Agent address
17 Brookside Avenue Eccleston St.Helens WA10 4RN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 July 2021
Advertisement expiry
20 August 2021
Site notice start
22 July 2021
Site notice end
12 August 2021

Appeal history

3288142
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 May 2022Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09987585
Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Wakefield
  • 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, 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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