Land Off Wharfedale Drive Altofts

23/01849/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 20 January 2025

Council decision: Application ApprovedPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Residential development (83no. dwellings) and associated works

Received: 22 September 2023
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 178
Council: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Ward: Altofts And Whitwood
Agent: Avant Homes Yorkshire

ReceivedReceived22 Sep
ValidatedValidated8 Nov
Consult.Consultation9 Oct
TargetTarget Date7 Feb
DecidedDecided20 Jan

Decided in 439 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Off Wharfedale Drive Altofts. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 486 days, 61 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Altofts And Whitwood.

94% of full 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: Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Normanton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 November 2023
Consultation expiry: 9 October 2024
Consultation start: 25 September 2024
Consultation end: 9 October 2024
Last date for comments: 9 October 2024
Target decision date: 7 February 2024
Committee meeting: 17 October 2024
Decision issued: 22 January 2025
Permission expires: 22 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Avant Homes Yorkshire
Agent address: Unit 2 Mariner Court Peel Avenue Wakefield WF4 3FL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 8 August 2024
Advertisement expiry: 22 August 2024
Site notice start: 8 August 2024
Site notice end: 22 August 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12403898
Documents: 167

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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.

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