Former Wmdc Swimming Pool Aketon Road Castleford WF10 5DN

22/02475/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 14 September 2023

Council decision: Application ApprovedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of the existing swimming pool building, erection of 69 affordable dwellings with associated access and landscaping.

Received: 2 December 2022
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 81
Council: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Ward: Altofts And Whitwood

ReceivedReceived2 Dec
ValidatedValidated2 Dec
Consult.Consultation17 Aug
TargetTarget Date3 Mar
DecidedDecided14 Sep

Decided in 286 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Former Wmdc Swimming Pool Aketon Road Castleford WF10 5DN. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 286 days, 33 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 36 applications across Altofts And Whitwood. 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 5DN
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 69

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 December 2022
Consultation expiry: 17 August 2023
Consultation start: 27 July 2023
Consultation end: 17 August 2023
Last date for comments: 17 August 2023
Target decision date: 3 March 2023
Committee meeting: 14 September 2023
Decision issued: 16 May 2024
Permission expires: 16 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: Peacock and Smith
Agent address: Central House 47 St Paul's Street Leeds LS1 2TE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 15 December 2022
Advertisement expiry: 5 January 2023
Site notice start: 15 December 2022
Site notice end: 5 January 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11661375
Documents: 75

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (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.

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Associated applications

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2020
30 Oct
Erection of two advertisement boards
ApprovedAdvertisement consent20/02355/ADV

Source: Wakefield

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