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16 Wiston Drive Pontefract WF8 2UX

23/02099/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 December 2023

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Two storey extension to side

Received
31 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract North
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Nov
  4. Target26 Dec
  5. Decided13 Dec

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 16 Wiston Drive Pontefract WF8 2UX. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. 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 2UX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2023
Consultation expiry
28 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
7 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
28 November 2023
Last date for comments
28 November 2023
Target decision date
26 December 2023
Permission expires
13 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
49 Carleton Road Pontefract WF8 3NE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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 (21)

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, 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Wakefield

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