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St John The Baptist Social Club Newland Lane Normanton WF6 1BA

24/00550/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 11 November 2024

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change Of Use from a redundant Social Club to a Dog hydrotherapy, grooming parlour & daycare service

Received
28 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Normanton
Agent
Sten Architecture
  1. Received28 Mar
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.1 Nov
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 228 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at St John The Baptist Social Club Newland Lane Normanton WF6 1BA. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 228 days, 25 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in the Hagley conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Normanton. We hold 415 applications in total for the WF6 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
WF6 1BA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Normanton

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 March 2024
Consultation expiry
1 November 2024
Consultation start
11 October 2024
Consultation end
1 November 2024
Last date for comments
1 November 2024
Target decision date
23 May 2024
Permission expires
11 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sten Architecture
Architect profile
STEN ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
The Studio Harrison Street Wakefield WF1 1PS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
2 May 2024
Site notice end
23 May 2024

Appeal history

3346580
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 16 January 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal
3348509
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 16 December 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Appeal Against Conditions

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12934451
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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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