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14 Woolmarket Pontefract WF8 1AZ

22/02368/ADVApplication to Display AdvertsApproved
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Approved on 20 January 2023

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed externally illuminated fascia sign and externally illuminated hanging sign.

Received
21 November 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Pontefract North
Agent
Fisch Design
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated23 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target18 Jan
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 14 Woolmarket Pontefract WF8 1AZ. Wakefield has handled 281 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. 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 advertising 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 1AZ
Application type
Application to Display Adverts
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 November 2022
Consultation expiry
5 January 2023
Consultation start
24 November 2022
Consultation end
15 December 2022
Last date for comments
5 January 2023
Target decision date
18 January 2023
Permission expires
20 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fisch Design
Agent address
Fisch Design Ltd Unit 1 Heritage Business Centre Derby Road Belper DE56 1SW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 December 2022
Advertisement expiry
5 January 2023
Site notice start
30 November 2022
Site notice end
21 December 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11709168
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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

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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.

Source: Wakefield

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