30 -34 Front Street Pontefract WF8 1NW
Approved on 4 November 2025
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Externally illuminated signage scheme
- Received
- 28 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Pontefract North
- ReceivedReceived28 Aug
- ValidatedValidated29 Aug
- Consult.Consultation4 Nov
- TargetTarget Date24 Oct
- DecidedDecided4 Nov
Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at 30 -34 Front Street Pontefract WF8 1NW. Wakefield has handled 281 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days 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 34 applications across Pontefract North. We hold 2,011 applications in total for the WF8 postcode area.
94% of advertising 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
- WF8 1NW
- Application type
- Application to Display Adverts
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 21 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 4 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 4 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 4 November 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Martin Walsh Architectural
- Agent address
- Firth Buildings 99-103 Leeds Road Dewsbury WF12 7BU United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14287267
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Wakefield
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