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Unit 11 Albert Drive Ossett Wakefield WF5 9TG

23/00839/SPNSolar Power NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 6 July 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Solar panels

Received
28 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Wrenthorpe And Outwood West
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.7 Jun
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided6 Jul

Decided in 52 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Unit 11 Albert Drive Ossett Wakefield WF5 9TG. Wakefield has handled 8,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer 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 18 applications across Wrenthorpe And Outwood West. We hold 70 applications in total for the WF5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WF5 9TG
Application type
Solar Power Notification
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2023
Consultation expiry
14 June 2023
Consultation start
17 May 2023
Consultation end
7 June 2023
Last date for comments
14 June 2023
Target decision date
10 July 2023
Permission expires
6 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
SSWLK Ltd Coombe Farm Crewkerne Somerset TA18 8RR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 May 2023
Site notice end
14 June 2023

Additional information

Documents
14

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.

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