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78 Churchbalk Lane Pontefract WF8 2QW

21/02211/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 10 January 2023

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

BOUNDARY FENCE (RESUBMISSION OF 20/00238/FUL)

Received
1 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract South
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.24 Sep
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided10 Jan

Decided in 496 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 78 Churchbalk Lane Pontefract WF8 2QW. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 496 days, 63 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 23 applications across Pontefract South. We hold 2,011 applications in total for the WF8 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
WF8 2QW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2021
Consultation expiry
24 September 2021
Neighbour consultation start
3 September 2021
Neighbour consultation end
24 September 2021
Last date for comments
24 September 2021
Target decision date
27 October 2021
Decision issued
11 January 2023
Permission expires
11 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    5 Sep

    Single storey extension to side

    ApprovedFull Application22/01883/FUL

Source: Wakefield

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