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Ladybalk Social Club Ladybalk Lane Pontefract WF8 1JQ

23/00817/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 October 2023

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application for demolition of existing club and proposed residential use, with all matters reserved

Received
24 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
15
Ward
Pontefract North
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.22 Jul
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 140 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Ladybalk Social Club Ladybalk Lane Pontefract WF8 1JQ. Wakefield has handled 896 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 15 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
WF8 1JQ
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2023
Consultation expiry
22 July 2023
Consultation start
1 July 2023
Consultation end
22 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
16 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
6 June 2023
Last date for comments
22 July 2023
Target decision date
10 July 2023
Decision issued
3 October 2023
Permission expires
3 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
302 New Road Staincross Barnsley S75 6GP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 June 2023
Advertisement expiry
22 June 2023
Site notice start
30 May 2023
Site notice end
20 June 2023

Additional information

Documents
8

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

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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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2010
    9 Mar

    Residential development (9no apartments) (resubmission)

    ApprovedFull Application10/00461/FUL

Source: Wakefield

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