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35 Townend Avenue Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7HE

23/00050/GPDPD Rear Extension NotificationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 February 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey extension to rear, with maximum projection of 4.50m, maximum height to eaves of 2.979m, and maximum height of 3.80m

Received
12 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 35 Townend Avenue Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7HE. Wakefield has handled 896 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton. We hold 442 applications in total for the WF7 postcode area.

95% of outline 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
WF7 7HE
Application type
PD Rear Extension Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ackworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2023
Consultation expiry
17 February 2023
Neighbour consultation start
27 January 2023
Neighbour consultation end
17 February 2023
Last date for comments
17 February 2023
Target decision date
3 March 2023
Permission expires
23 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11824551
Documents
9

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.

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.

Source: Wakefield

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