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85 Almshouse Lane Newmillerdam Wakefield WF2 7ST

23/02392/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 January 2025

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Detailed application for one dwelling following demolition/removal of four outbuildings (two garages, one former railway carriage and one storage container) and one stable and associated works (self-build)

Received
22 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Wakefield Rural
Agent
Townsend Planning Consultants
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated3 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target28 Feb
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 379 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 85 Almshouse Lane Newmillerdam Wakefield WF2 7ST. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 391 days, 48 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Wakefield Rural. We hold 1,159 applications in total for the WF2 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
WF2 7ST
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Crigglestone

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 January 2024
Consultation expiry
17 December 2024
Consultation start
26 November 2024
Consultation end
17 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
10 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
31 January 2024
Last date for comments
17 December 2024
Target decision date
28 February 2024
Permission expires
16 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Townsend Planning Consultants
Agent address
Townsend Planning Consultants PO Box 788 Wakefield WF1 9UX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 January 2024
Advertisement expiry
15 February 2024
Site notice start
17 January 2024
Site notice end
7 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12590456
Documents
21

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.

Source: Wakefield

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