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Fir Tree Farm House Hall Lane North Elmsall Pontefract WF9 2DZ

23/02273/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 July 2024

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of agricultural and equestrian buildings, cessation of caravan storage use and erection of 5no. dwellings

Received
30 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
Agent
JR Planning
  1. Received30 Nov
  2. Validated30 Nov
  3. Consult.2 Jul
  4. Target25 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jul

Decided in 232 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Fir Tree Farm House Hall Lane North Elmsall Pontefract WF9 2DZ. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 232 days, 25 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton. We hold 1,144 applications in total for the WF9 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
WF9 2DZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Elmsall

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 November 2023
Consultation expiry
2 July 2024
Consultation start
25 June 2024
Consultation end
2 July 2024
Last date for comments
2 July 2024
Target decision date
25 January 2024
Permission expires
19 July 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
JR Planning
Agent address
Velocity Point Wreakes Lane Dronfield S18 1PN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 April 2024
Advertisement expiry
9 May 2024
Site notice start
11 April 2024
Site notice end
2 May 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12633637
Documents
26

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    14 May

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Archaeology Written Statement of Investigation), 4 (Finished Floor Levels), 5…

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions23/02273/SUB01
  2. 2023
    30 Nov

    Demolition of agricultural and equestrian buildings, cessation of caravan storage use and erection of 5no…

    This applicationApprovedFull23/02273/FUL

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