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Land South Of Field Lane (Plot E4), South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2SX

21/03073/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 7 November 2023

Council decision: Application ApprovedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a warehouse and distribution centre (Class B8) with ancillary office accommodation, parking areas, landscaping, internal roads, gatehouse, bridge link, roof mounted photovoltaic array, attenuation pond, external lighting, decanting building and other ancillary elements..

Received
24 December 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
14
Ward
South Elmsall And South Kirkby
Agent
Q+A Planning Ltd
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.17 May
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 683 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land South Of Field Lane (Plot E4), South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2SX. Wakefield has handled 3,735 applications of this type. This one was decided in 683 days, 90 weeks 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 17 applications across South Elmsall And South Kirkby. We hold 1,144 applications in total for the WF9 postcode area.

93% 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
WF9 2SX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
South Elmsall

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 December 2021
Consultation expiry
17 May 2022
Consultation start
26 April 2022
Consultation end
17 May 2022
Neighbour consultation start
13 January 2022
Neighbour consultation end
3 February 2022
Last date for comments
17 May 2022
Target decision date
15 April 2022
Committee meeting
7 July 2022
Permission expires
7 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Q+A Planning Ltd
Agent address
The Stables Paradise Wharf Ducie Street Manchester M1 2JN UK

Planning decision

Statutory period
112 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 January 2022
Advertisement expiry
26 February 2022
Site notice start
20 January 2022
Site notice end
19 February 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10462312
Documents
70

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: WakefieldNext to the site
  • 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

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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