5 Market Place Pontefract WF8 1AU

25/01703/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 3 December 2025

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use of former bank to create 8no. apartments (Class C3 Use) and 2no. commercial units (Class E use) including external repairs and alterations

Received: 5 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Ward: Pontefract North
Agent: TS ArchDesign Limited

ReceivedReceived5 Sep
ValidatedValidated5 Sep
Consult.Consultation25 Nov
TargetTarget Date31 Oct
DecidedDecided3 Dec

Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 5 Market Place Pontefract WF8 1AU. Wakefield has handled 157 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

100% of heritage 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 1AU
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 September 2025
Consultation expiry: 25 November 2025
Consultation start: 4 November 2025
Consultation end: 25 November 2025
Last date for comments: 25 November 2025
Target decision date: 31 October 2025
Permission expires: 3 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: TS ArchDesign Limited
Architect profile: TS ARCHDESIGN LIMITED
Agent address: 8 Springbank Road Farsley Leeds LS28 5LU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 25 September 2025
Advertisement expiry: 16 October 2025
Site notice start: 25 September 2025
Site notice end: 16 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14309928
Documents: 21

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II*: Barclays Bank and attached railingsOn this site · +5 more
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, 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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Associated applications

2025
17 Dec
Discharge of conditions 2 (Stairs, Entrance and Canopy Detail), 3 (External Door and Window Detail)) and 4…
Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions25/01703/SUB01
2025
5 Sep
Change of use of former bank to create 8no. apartments (Class C3 Use) and 2no. commercial units (Class E use)…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent25/01703/LBC

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Wakefield

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