Pontefract Rugby Football Club Moor Lane Pontefract WF8 3RX
Approved on 2 March 2022
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of 4no. lighting masts each with 3no. LED floodlights
- Received
- 29 November 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Pontefract South
- ReceivedReceived29 Nov
- ValidatedValidated7 Dec
- Consult.Consultation30 Dec
- TargetTarget Date1 Feb
- DecidedDecided2 Mar
Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Pontefract Rugby Football Club Moor Lane Pontefract WF8 3RX. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 5 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications 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 3RX
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Darrington
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 December 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 3 February 2022
- Consultation start
- 9 December 2021
- Consultation end
- 30 December 2021
- Last date for comments
- 3 February 2022
- Target decision date
- 1 February 2022
- Permission expires
- 2 March 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Direct Sports Lighting
- Agent address
- Direct Sports Lighting Unit 3 Ure Bank Maltings Ripon HG4 1AE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 January 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 3 February 2022
- Site notice start
- 21 December 2021
- Site notice end
- 11 January 2022
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-10433218
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202625 Jun
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and condition 3 (lighting design) pursuant to approved planning…
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/00049/S7301 - 20269 Jan
Installation of 4 x lighting masts complete with LED lighting to light a rugby training pitch.
ApprovedFull Application26/00049/FUL - 20249 Sep
Detached pre-fabricated Changing Place/Toilet for members of the public with severe disabilities and…
ApprovedFull Application24/01556/FUL
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