The Old Court House Wood Street Wakefield WF1 2EL
Approved on 13 August 2025
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Removal of Condition 3 (Phasing), variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) and variations to all other subsequent conditions of application 21/02521/FUL dated 23/01/2024 [which granted full planning permission for the conversion and renovation to enable flexible use as Use Class E (commercial, business and service uses), Use Class F1 (learning and non-residential institutions), Use Class F2 (local community uses), public house, drinking establishments, cinema, theatre, dance hall, concert hall and/or live music venue with associated works and landscaping] to remove reference to phasing, to reduce and alter the raised terrace area, to introduce a new opening along the rear elevation, to create a new accessible access along the front elevation and internal alterations.
- Received
- 16 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Ward
- Wakefield North
- Agent
- Group Ginger
- ReceivedReceived16 Apr
- ValidatedValidated14 May
- Consult.Consultation6 Jun
- TargetTarget Date9 Jul
- DecidedDecided13 Aug
Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at The Old Court House Wood Street Wakefield WF1 2EL. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 15 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Wakefield North. We hold 469 applications in total for the WF1 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
- WF1 2EL
- Application type
- Section 73 Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 12 June 2025
- Consultation start
- 16 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 6 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 12 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 9 July 2025
- Decision issued
- 18 August 2025
- Permission expires
- 18 August 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Group Ginger
- Agent address
- 42a park place Leeds United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 May 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 June 2025
- Site notice start
- 16 May 2025
- Site notice end
- 6 June 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13949591
- Documents
- 79
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Kings Street Health Centre, WakefieldRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (18)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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 and heritage coasts.
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Planning history at this site
12 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202627 Oct
Fix art installation to Wood Street Elevation
PendingApplication26/01874/FUL - 202626 Oct
Discharge of Condition 5 (stone) and Condition 9 (internal floor finish) from approved application…
PendingDischarge of conditions25/00779/SUB15 - 202614 Oct
Dicsharge of Condition 14 (Lighting) from approved application 25/00779/LBC
PendingDischarge of conditions25/00779/SUB14 - 202623 Sep
Fix art installation to Wood Street Elevation
PendingListed building consent26/01719/LBC - 202626 Jun
Discharge of Condition 25 (Proposed lift machinery) from approved application 25/00779/LBC
Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions25/00779/SUB13 - 20265 Jun
Discharge of Condition 16 (Heating and Ventilation) from approved application 25/00779/LBC
PendingDischarge of conditions25/00779/SUB11 - 20265 Jun
Discharge of Condition 17 (protection measures for work that affects the fire, acoustic or thermal…
PendingDischarge of conditions25/00779/SUB12 - 202621 May
Part discharge of Condition 2 (repairs to windows) from approved application 25/00779/LBC
PendingDischarge of conditions25/00779/SUB10 - 202612 May
Discharge of Condition 19 (Details including the number, location, materials and finish of all new internal…
PendingDischarge of conditions25/00779/SUB09 - 202621 Jan
Discharge of Condition 18 (Details of tanking / damp treatments / damp remediation within the basement) from…
Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions25/00779/SUB08 - 202517 Nov
Discharge of Condition 12 (Balcony in Court Room 1) from approved application 25/00779/LBC
Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions25/00779/SUB03 - 202517 Nov
Discharge of Condition 4 (Detail of the materials, paint or stain finishes and detailing of heritage style…
PendingDischarge of conditions25/00779/SUB04
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