5 Ropergate Pontefract WF8 1LL
Refused on 7 November 2025
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans); and removal of Conditions 3 (Collection/Drop-off) and Condition 4 (Crime Measures) of application 23/01881/FUL dated 28.5.24 [which granted permission for Change of use - beauty salon (sui generis) to vehicle hire with driver and booking office (sui generis)] to permit the office to be used as a customer waiting area, and also to allow customer collections and drop-offs from the loading bay to the front of the site
- Received
- 9 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Ward
- Pontefract North
- Agent
- KMS CONSULTANTS & ASSOCIATES LTD
- ReceivedReceived9 Jul
- ValidatedValidated22 Jul
- Consult.Consultation16 Sep
- TargetTarget Date16 Sep
- DecidedDecided7 Nov
Decided in 108 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 5 Ropergate Pontefract WF8 1LL. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 9 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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
- WF8 1LL
- Application type
- Section 73 Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 16 September 2025
- Consultation start
- 9 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 16 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 16 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 16 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 7 November 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- KMS CONSULTANTS & ASSOCIATES LTD
- Architect profile
- KMS CONSULTANTS & ASSOCIATES LTD
- Agent address
- 14 GRANTON ROAD LEEDS LS7 3LZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 31 July 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 August 2025
- Site notice start
- 8 August 2025
- Site notice end
- 29 August 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14128943
- Documents
- 18
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 12 - 14 Ropergate, PontefractRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (19)
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 and heritage coasts.
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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