Tagore 15 Beastfair Pontefract WF8 1AL
Approved on 31 March 2025
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of Use of Vacant Restaurant to 4No Flats and associated alterations
- Received
- 24 October 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Ward
- Pontefract North
- ReceivedReceived24 Oct
- ValidatedValidated24 Oct
- Consult.Consultation20 Nov
- TargetTarget Date19 Dec
- DecidedDecided31 Mar
Decided in 524 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Tagore 15 Beastfair Pontefract WF8 1AL. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 524 days, 67 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 17 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.
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 1AL
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 October 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 20 November 2024
- Consultation start
- 6 November 2024
- Consultation end
- 20 November 2024
- Last date for comments
- 20 November 2024
- Target decision date
- 19 December 2023
- Decision issued
- 1 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 1 April 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Mr John Early 23 Windmill Road Wombwell Barnsley South Yorkshire S73 8PW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 November 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 November 2023
- Site notice start
- 1 November 2023
- Site notice end
- 22 November 2023
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12441023
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Reams House,Crown And Anchor Yard,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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Wakefield
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