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Fairacre Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EU

21/02998/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 April 2022

Council decision: Application ApprovedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 1no. detached dwelling

Received
14 December 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
  1. Received14 Dec
  2. Validated14 Dec
  3. Consult.12 Jan
  4. Target8 Feb
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 114 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Fairacre Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EU. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 8 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton. We hold 442 applications in total for the WF7 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
WF7 7EU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ackworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 December 2021
Consultation expiry
3 February 2022
Consultation start
22 December 2021
Consultation end
12 January 2022
Neighbour consultation start
22 December 2021
Neighbour consultation end
12 January 2022
Last date for comments
3 February 2022
Target decision date
8 February 2022
Committee meeting
7 April 2022
Decision issued
22 April 2022
Permission expires
22 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
35 Stanwood Crescent Sheffield S6 5JA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 January 2022
Advertisement expiry
3 February 2022
Site notice start
7 January 2022
Site notice end
28 January 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10471825
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Wakefield
  • 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 (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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    18 Oct

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Levels), 4 (Construction Management Plan), 5 (Biodiversity), 6 (Tree Protection…

    PendingDischarge of conditions21/02998/SUB01
  2. 2021
    14 Dec

    Erection of 1no. detached dwelling

    This applicationApprovedFull21/02998/FUL

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