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Mill Dam Junior And Infant School Millgate Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7PH

25/01985/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 March 2026

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of an extension to the existing nursery building to form a new reception classroom and the installation of two rooflights within the nursery building. Increase in size of play area and the installation of new fencing

Received
21 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
Agent
S75 Design
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 141 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Mill Dam Junior And Infant School Millgate Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7PH. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 154 days, 14 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton. We hold 442 applications in total for the WF7 postcode area.

94% of full 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
WF7 7PH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ackworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2025
Consultation expiry
29 January 2026
Consultation start
8 January 2026
Consultation end
29 January 2026
Last date for comments
29 January 2026
Target decision date
29 December 2025
Decision issued
25 March 2026
Permission expires
25 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
S75 Design
Agent address
C/O Newway Office Furniture Unit 4 Britannia Mills Birstall Batley WF17 9QD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 December 2025
Site notice end
26 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14418669
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    15 May

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Biodiversity Gain Plan), 4 (Biodiversity Retention & Enhancement) and 5 (Wildlife…

    PendingDischarge of conditions25/01985/SUB01
  2. 2025
    21 Oct

    Construction of an extension to the existing nursery building to form a new reception classroom and the…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/01985/FUL

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