23 Twitch Hill Horbury Wakefield WF4 6NA
Approved on 19 December 2025
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Outine application for demolition of existing industrial building; erection of 1no. pair of semi-detached houses and 1no. terrace of 3no. houses including the matters of access, layout and scale (appearance and landscaping reserved)
- Received
- 27 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 7
- Ward
- Horbury And South Ossett
- Agent
- Fox Architecture and Design
- ReceivedReceived27 May
- ValidatedValidated12 Jun
- Consult.Consultation20 Nov
- TargetTarget Date7 Aug
- DecidedDecided19 Dec
Decided in 190 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at 23 Twitch Hill Horbury Wakefield WF4 6NA. Wakefield has handled 896 applications of this type. This one was decided in 206 days, 21 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Horbury And South Ossett. We hold 1,338 applications in total for the WF4 postcode area.
95% of outline 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
- WF4 6NA
- Application type
- Outline Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 20 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 6 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 20 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 July 2025
- Last date for comments
- 20 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 7 August 2025
- Permission expires
- 19 December 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Fox Architecture and Design
- Agent address
- Fox Cottage Whitley Road Whitley Dewsbury WF12 0LU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 3 July 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 24 July 2025
- Site notice start
- 9 July 2025
- Site notice end
- 30 July 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14045625
- Documents
- 37
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 23 Twitch Hill, HorburyRegister 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 (20)
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 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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