Upton Primary School Waggon Lane Upton Pontefract WF9 1JS
Approved on 15 December 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of solar panels on the school roofs
- Received
- 19 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
- ReceivedReceived19 Sep
- ValidatedValidated28 Oct
- Consult.Consultation18 Nov
- TargetTarget Date23 Dec
- DecidedDecided15 Dec
Decided in 48 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Upton Primary School Waggon Lane Upton Pontefract WF9 1JS. Wakefield has handled 8,262 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- WF9 1JS
- Application type
- Solar Power Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Upton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 11 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 28 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 11 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 15 December 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 20 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 11 December 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Wakefield
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