Gospel Hall Smawthorne Lane Castleford WF10 4EX
Approved on 26 September 2023
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of building from community hall (Use Class F2(b)) to 4no. one bedroom flats and 1no. two bedroom flat (Use Class C3) comprising internal and external alterations to layout including creation of first floor, openings and creation of bike store.
- Received
- 18 November 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 54
- Ward
- Castleford Central And Glasshoughton
- ReceivedReceived18 Nov
- ValidatedValidated18 Nov
- Consult.Consultation1 Jun
- TargetTarget Date13 Jan
- DecidedDecided26 Sep
Decided in 312 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Gospel Hall Smawthorne Lane Castleford WF10 4EX. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 312 days, 37 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Castleford Central And Glasshoughton. We hold 760 applications in total for the WF10 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
- WF10 4EX
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 November 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 24 August 2023
- Consultation start
- 11 May 2023
- Consultation end
- 1 June 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 May 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 June 2023
- Last date for comments
- 24 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 13 January 2023
- Decision issued
- 27 September 2023
- Permission expires
- 27 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Lucas Lee
- Agent address
- Lucas Lee 64 Wellington Street Leeds LS1 2EE United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 3 August 2023
- Site notice end
- 24 August 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11698864
- Documents
- 21
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Gospel Hall, CastlefordRegister site at or near this address
- 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, 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 and heritage coasts.
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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