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7 Shortwall Court Pontefract WF8 4SZ

21/02677/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 January 2022

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Single storey rear extension

Received
3 November 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract South
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated15 Nov
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target10 Jan
  5. Decided10 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 7 Shortwall Court Pontefract WF8 4SZ. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. 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 4SZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 November 2021
Consultation expiry
6 December 2021
Neighbour consultation start
15 November 2021
Neighbour consultation end
6 December 2021
Last date for comments
6 December 2021
Target decision date
10 January 2022
Permission expires
10 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Precision Plan Drawing Askern House Office 15 High Street Askern Doncaster DN6 0AA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3300572
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 15 December 2022Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10354709
Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

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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