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Upton Primary School Waggon Lane Upton Pontefract WF9 1JS

25/00019/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

The proposed project is the installation of air source heat pumps and erection of a acoustic enclosure protected by a powder coated green paladin security fence

Received
6 January 2025
Decision due
11 April 2025
Public comments
1
Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 13 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (10)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Upton Primary School Waggon Lane Upton Pontefract WF9 1JS. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 6 January 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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 1JS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Upton

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2025
Consultation expiry
20 March 2025
Consultation start
20 February 2025
Consultation end
13 March 2025
Last date for comments
20 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gleeds
Agent address
6th Floor, 4 St Pauls Square Liverpool L3 9SJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 February 2025
Advertisement expiry
20 March 2025

Appeal history

3365703
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 21 August 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13610043
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: WakefieldPart of the site
  • Local nature reserve: Upton Country ParkPart 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 (19)

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, 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.

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The site is in flood zone 3 (Environment Agency).

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