Former Coal Yard, Ferrybridge 'C' Power Station Ferrybridge Kirkhaw Lane Knottingley

23/00100/SUB15Discharge of Conditions RequestApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 17 April 2026

Proposal

Application to Discharge Condition 40 (Gas Protection measures) for development zone C of Planning Permission 23/00100/S7301

Received: 8 January 2026
Public comments: 1
Council: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Ward: Knottingley

ReceivedReceived8 Jan
ValidatedValidated8 Jan
Consult.Consultation4 Feb
TargetTarget Date30 Apr
DecidedDecided17 Apr

Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former Coal Yard, Ferrybridge 'C' Power Station Ferrybridge Kirkhaw Lane Knottingley. Wakefield has handled 1,090 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Knottingley.

99% of conditions 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

Application type: Discharge of Conditions Request
Scale / size: Large

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 10 April 2026
Consultation start: 14 January 2026
Consultation end: 4 February 2026
Last date for comments: 10 April 2026
Target decision date: 30 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Oxalis Planning Ltd Toll Bar House Landmere Lane Edwalton Nottinghamshire NG12 4DG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 112 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 22 January 2026
Advertisement expiry: 21 February 2026
Site notice start: 11 March 2026
Site notice end: 10 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14604983
Documents: 5

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 2: Medium 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.

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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.

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