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Tesco Express 85 Churchbalk Lane Pontefract WF8 2QJ

21/02825/ADVApplication to Display AdvertsApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 26 January 2022

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Internally illuminated and non illuminated signage scheme comprising 4no. Fascia signs, 5no. Graphic Vinyl, 1no. Dibond panel, 1no. Gantry & 2no. Directional site signs

Received
20 November 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract South
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.31 Dec
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Tesco Express 85 Churchbalk Lane Pontefract WF8 2QJ. Wakefield has handled 281 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 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 advertising 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 2QJ
Application type
Application to Display Adverts
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2021
Consultation expiry
31 December 2021
Consultation start
10 December 2021
Consultation end
31 December 2021
Last date for comments
31 December 2021
Target decision date
15 January 2022
Decision issued
27 January 2022
Permission expires
27 January 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10407187
Comments
0
Documents
15

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

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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