1A Ropergate End Pontefract WF8 1JX
Refused on 18 November 2024
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Removal of Condition 2 of planning permission ref 22/02551/FUL (dated 31st March 2023) (which granted retrospective permission for 'Conversion to taxi booking office with no external alterations') to permit the use of the office for in-person bookings and as a customer waiting and collection area
- Received
- 2 September 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Ward
- Pontefract North
- ReceivedReceived2 Sep
- ValidatedValidated23 Sep
- Consult.Consultation21 Oct
- TargetTarget Date18 Nov
- DecidedDecided18 Nov
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 1A Ropergate End Pontefract WF8 1JX. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 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.
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
- Postcode
- WF8 1JX
- Application type
- Section 73 Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 September 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 7 November 2024
- Consultation start
- 30 September 2024
- Consultation end
- 21 October 2024
- Last date for comments
- 7 November 2024
- Target decision date
- 18 November 2024
- Permission expires
- 18 November 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 302 New Road Staincross Barnsley
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 17 October 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 7 November 2024
- Site notice start
- 10 October 2024
- Site notice end
- 31 October 2024
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
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 (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.
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Source: Wakefield
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