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Oakleigh Wakefield Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7AN

25/00485/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Partial change of use at lower ground level from residential(C3) to nursery/daycare(E) with single storey extension to rear.

Received
7 March 2025
Decision due
27 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
  1. Received7 Mar
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 23 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (8)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Oakleigh Wakefield Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7AN. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 7 March 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton. We hold 442 applications in total for the WF7 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
WF7 7AN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ackworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2025
Consultation expiry
1 May 2025
Consultation start
2 April 2025
Consultation end
23 April 2025
Last date for comments
1 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
49 Carleton Road Pontefract WF8 3NE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 April 2025
Site notice end
1 May 2025

Appeal history

6001596
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 March 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: not_received
6002442
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 2 March 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused
6001557
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 16 February 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: not_received

Additional information

Documents
8

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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© 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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