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Warren House, Silkstone House, Francis Lane House And Violet Pritchard House On Land Between Southgate And Horsefair Pontefract

24/02183/S7301Section 73 ApplicationPermitted
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Variation of condition 6 (Hours of Demolition) of approved application ref. 24/02183/FUL for "the demolition of 4no. blocks of mid-rise flats (Warren House, Silkstone House, Francis Lane House and Violet Pritchard House) on land between Southgate and Horsefair" (Approved 28.03.2025) to include Sunday working

Received
25 June 2025
Decided
14 August 2025 · Application Approved
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Pontefract North
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received25 Jun
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.24 Jul
  4. Target20 Aug
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Wakefield93% of amendment applications approved

This is an application to amend a permission at Warren House, Silkstone House, Francis Lane House And Violet Pritchard House On Land Between Southgate And Horsefair Pontefract. Wakefield has handled 432 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 48 days. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Pontefract North.

Application Details

Reference
24/02183/S7301
Address
Warren House, Silkstone House, Francis Lane House And Violet Pritchard House On Land Between Southgate And Horsefair Pontefract
Local Authority
Wakefield
Application Type
Section 73 Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Pontefract North

Applicant & Agent

Agent
DSR Demolition Ltd
Agent Address
63 Turners House Psalters Lane Rotherham S61 1DL

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
25 June 2025
Consultation Expiry
7 August 2025
Target Decision Date
20 August 2025
Date Decided
14 August 2025
Date Validated
25 June 2025
Date Submitted
25 June 2025
Consultation Start
3 July 2025
Consultation End
24 July 2025
Last Date for Comments
7 August 2025
Decision Issued
15 August 2025
Permission Expires
15 August 2030

Planning Decision

Decision
Application Approved
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
17 July 2025
Advertisement Expiry
7 August 2025
Site Notice Start
10 July 2025
Site Notice End
31 July 2025

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
2
Documents
13
Coordinates
53.692905, -1.306819
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Wakefield

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    25 Jun

    Variation of condition 6 (Hours of Demolition) of approved application ref. 24/02183/FUL

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)24/02183/S7301
  2. 2024
    10 Dec

    PLANNING APPLICATION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF 4NO. BLOCKS OF MID-RISE FLATS (WARREN HOUSE, SILKSTONE HOUSE…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of24/02183/FUL

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Solicitor'S OfficeOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Stringer's Garage, Slutwell Lane / Friarwood Lane, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© 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.

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