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Wentbridge Hotel Great North Road Wentbridge Pontefract WF8 3JJ

23/01991/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 24 October 2024

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

External alterations and change of use of existing Groomsman Lodge (to rear of main Hotel) to provide 2no. bridal suites with external patios; and landscaping works to include regrading of terrain and provision of a feature garden as a link between Hotel and Lodge

Received
13 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Pontefract South
Agent
Ropergate Architecture
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 324 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Wentbridge Hotel Great North Road Wentbridge Pontefract WF8 3JJ. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 377 days, 46 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Pontefract South. 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 3JJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darrington

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2023
Consultation expiry
11 September 2024
Consultation start
21 August 2024
Consultation end
11 September 2024
Last date for comments
11 September 2024
Target decision date
30 January 2024
Decision issued
28 October 2024
Permission expires
28 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ropergate Architecture
Architect profile
ROPERGATE ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
The Old Post Office 20B Ropergate Pontefract WF8 1LY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 December 2023
Advertisement expiry
18 January 2024
Site notice start
14 December 2023
Site notice end
4 January 2024

Appeal history

3357779
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 June 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12490346
Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Wakefield
  • 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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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