Prosper House Upper Warrengate Wakefield WF1 4JZ
Approved on 13 March 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use via prior notification from former vacant office use (Egi use) to form 8 No residential apartments (C3 use)
- Received
- 5 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Ward
- Wakefield East
- ReceivedReceived5 Jan
- ValidatedValidated16 Jan
- Consult.Consultation12 Feb
- TargetTarget Date13 Mar
- DecidedDecided13 Mar
Decided in 56 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Prosper House Upper Warrengate Wakefield WF1 4JZ. Wakefield has handled 8,262 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days 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 22 applications across Wakefield East. We hold 469 applications in total for the WF1 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- WF1 4JZ
- Application type
- Class E to C3
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 22 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 12 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 18 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 13 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 13 March 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Mr Michael Chow Studio 114 Westbourne Road Huddersfield HD1 4JZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 28 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 18 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14599356
- Documents
- 22
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.
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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Associated applications
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Discharge of Condition 1 (Radon) from approved application 26/00004/COUMA
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00004/SUB01 - 20265 Jan
Change of use via prior notification from former vacant office use (Egi use) to form 8 No residential…
This applicationApprovedApplication26/00004/COUMA
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Wakefield
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