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Land Off Pontefract Road Plowes Way Knottingley

22/01242/S7301Section 73 ApplicationAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and removal of condition 19 (BEMP) pursuant to approved planning application 22/01242/FUL which granted planning permission for the 'proposed erection of 14 no. two-storey dwellings consisting of two and three-bedroom semi-detached and three and four-bedroom detached units, including associated internal roads, drainage and landscaping' (dated 11.05.2023) to permit changes to onsite biodiversity net gain.

Received
15 January 2026
Decision due
5 May 2026
Public comments
3
Ward
Knottingley
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 27 February.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (12)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land Off Pontefract Road Plowes Way Knottingley. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Knottingley.

93% of amendment 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

Application type
Section 73 Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Consultation expiry
12 March 2026
Consultation start
6 February 2026
Consultation end
27 February 2026
Last date for comments
12 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
12 March 2026
Site notice start
12 February 2026
Site notice end
5 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14615368
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part 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 (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.

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