24 Market Place Pontefract WF8 1AT
Approved on 22 April 2026
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use of existing commercial premises to mixed commercial (Class E) and residential (Class C3) use with 4no. flats to the upper floors, retention of ground floor shop and annex for commercial use; and external alterations
- Received
- 8 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Ward
- Pontefract North
- Agent
- lacuna Designs
- ReceivedReceived8 Oct
- ValidatedValidated8 Oct
- Consult.Consultation28 Jan
- TargetTarget Date3 Dec
- DecidedDecided22 Apr
Decided in 196 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for a change of use at 24 Market Place Pontefract WF8 1AT. Wakefield has handled 157 applications of this type. This one was decided in 196 days, 20 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 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 1AT
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 14 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 28 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 19 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 22 April 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- lacuna Designs
- Agent address
- 102 smalewell rd pudsey leeds ls28 8hu United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 9 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 23 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14395054
- Documents
- 20
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 (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.
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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