Fitness Base 61A Northgate Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 1HJ
Approved on 22 January 2024
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolition of existing building and erection of a new building to create a licensed bar (Part Retrospective) (Resubmission of application ref. 22/02256/FUL)
- Received
- 10 October 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 8
- Ward
- Pontefract North
- ReceivedReceived10 Oct
- ValidatedValidated10 Oct
- Consult.Consultation29 Jan
- TargetTarget Date5 Dec
- DecidedDecided22 Jan
Decided in 104 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Fitness Base 61A Northgate Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 1HJ. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building 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.
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
- WF8 1HJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 October 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 29 January 2024
- Consultation start
- 8 January 2024
- Consultation end
- 29 January 2024
- Last date for comments
- 16 November 2023
- Target decision date
- 5 December 2023
- Permission expires
- 22 January 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Mr Alex Green 26 Norwood Grove Harrogate HG3 2XL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 19 October 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 November 2023
- Site notice start
- 26 October 2023
- Site notice end
- 16 November 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12520949
- Documents
- 22
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 55A Northgate/Back Northgate (Land At), 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 (20)
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 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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