Land South Of Kirkgate Lane Felkirk South Hiendley Wakefield S72 9DS
Approved on 9 April 2025
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of a ground mounted solar photovoltaic array, together with associated infrastructure; access; fencing; CCTV; on-site biodiversity net gain and associated works
- Received
- 29 September 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 64
- Ward
- Hemsworth
- ReceivedReceived29 Sep
- ValidatedValidated29 Sep
- Consult.Consultation15 Dec
- TargetTarget Date29 Dec
- DecidedDecided9 Apr
Decided in 558 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land South Of Kirkgate Lane Felkirk South Hiendley Wakefield S72 9DS. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 558 days, 72 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Hemsworth. We hold 985 applications in total for the S72 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- S72 9DS
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- South Hiendley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 15 December 2023
- Consultation start
- 24 November 2023
- Consultation end
- 15 December 2023
- Last date for comments
- 15 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 29 December 2023
- Decision issued
- 10 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 10 April 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 November 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 November 2023
- Site notice start
- 7 November 2023
- Site notice end
- 28 November 2023
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12366110
- Documents
- 73
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Green belt: BarnsleyPart of the site · +1 more
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, listed buildings, 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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