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511 Denby Dale Road West (Former St Johns Church) Calder Grove Wakefield WF4 3AA

23/01863/S7301Section 73 ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 17 June 2026

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of approved application ref: 23/01863/FUL (which granted consent for "Conversion of former church to a two storey single dwelling and associated work", dated 11.7.24) for the inclusion of roof lights and solar panels

Received
3 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Wakefield Rural
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated10 Apr
  3. Consult.15 May
  4. Target5 Jun
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 511 Denby Dale Road West (Former St Johns Church) Calder Grove Wakefield WF4 3AA. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Wakefield Rural. We hold 1,338 applications in total for the WF4 postcode area.

93% of amendment 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
WF4 3AA
Application type
Section 73 Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Crigglestone

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 April 2026
Consultation expiry
12 June 2026
Consultation start
24 April 2026
Consultation end
15 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
27 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 May 2026
Last date for comments
12 June 2026
Target decision date
5 June 2026
Permission expires
17 June 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 May 2026
Advertisement expiry
4 June 2026
Site notice start
22 May 2026
Site notice end
12 June 2026

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    27 Apr

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Windows) from approved application 23/01863/S7301

    PendingDischarge of conditions23/01863/SUB01
  2. 2026
    3 Mar

    Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of approved application ref: 23/01863/FUL

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)23/01863/S7301
  3. 2023
    25 Sep

    Conversion of former church to a two storey single dwelling and associated work

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of23/01863/FUL

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