Waterside Park Business Hub Neil Fox Way City Fields Wakefield

21/02590/REM05Approval of Reserved MattersAwaiting decision

Reserved matters

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Approval of reserved matters for use of the site for open storage (B8 use class) for Phase 6 (Plots 6A and 6B) including installation of hardstanding, associated secure boundary treatment and infrastructure, served from existing junction stub to Neil Fox Way, pursuant to outline planning permission ref: 21/02590/OUT

Received: 17 April 2025
Decision due: 8 September 2025
Public comments: 15
Council: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Ward: Wakefield East

ReceivedReceived17 Apr
ValidatedValidated9 Jun
Consult.Consultation4 Sep
TargetTarget Date8 Sep
DecidedDecided

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Comments close on 4 September.

Comment on the council's site Documents (42)

About this application

This is an outline application at Waterside Park Business Hub Neil Fox Way City Fields Wakefield. Wakefield has handled 896 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 April 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Wakefield East.

95% of outline 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

Application type: Approval of Reserved Matters
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 June 2025
Consultation expiry: 4 September 2025
Consultation start: 14 August 2025
Consultation end: 4 September 2025
Last date for comments: 4 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Spawforths
Agent address: Junction 41 Business Court Junction 41 Business Court East Ardsley Leeds WF3 2AB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 19 June 2025
Advertisement expiry: 10 July 2025
Site notice start: 18 June 2025
Site notice end: 9 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13914927
Documents: 42

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
Green belt: WakefieldPart 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 (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.

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Spawforths · Agent for this application

Flood Risk UK Ltd
15.6 miLeeds
Ellis Associates Ltd
18.7 miRotherham
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Eastwood and Partners (consulting Engineers) Limited
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