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172 Rookhill Road (land To Rear) Pontefract WF8 2DD

21/02550/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 5 May 2022

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a 2 storey, detached dwellinghouse with front and rear garden, and driveway.

Received
15 October 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Pontefract South
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated5 Nov
  3. Consult.9 Dec
  4. Target31 Dec
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 181 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at 172 Rookhill Road (land To Rear) Pontefract WF8 2DD. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 202 days, 21 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in the Witney and Cogges conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 2DD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 November 2021
Consultation expiry
16 December 2021
Consultation start
18 November 2021
Consultation end
9 December 2021
Neighbour consultation start
18 November 2021
Neighbour consultation end
9 December 2021
Last date for comments
16 December 2021
Target decision date
31 December 2021
Permission expires
5 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
IGA
Agent address
Suite 10, Springfield House Water Lane Wilmslow SK9 5BG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 November 2021
Site notice end
16 December 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10284451
Documents
10

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.

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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