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8 Princes Drive Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 4SP

21/02968/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 February 2022

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed Single Storey Extension to Rear

Received
9 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract North
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.5 Jan
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided10 Feb

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 8 Princes Drive Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 4SP. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 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 34 applications across Pontefract North. 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 4SP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pontefract

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2021
Consultation expiry
5 January 2022
Neighbour consultation start
15 December 2021
Neighbour consultation end
5 January 2022
Last date for comments
5 January 2022
Target decision date
7 February 2022
Permission expires
10 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Ms Michele Chamberlain Unit 2, The Office Campus Paragon Business Park Red Hall Court Wakefield West Yorkshire WF1 2UY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10466030
Comments
0
Documents
0

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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