Gawthorpe Water Tower Chidswell Lane Ossett WF5 9AZ
Approved on 27 February 2026
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)1 condition
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Proposal
The proposed works comprise removal of 2no. existing antennas and replacement with 4no. antennas mounted on existing wall support poles at the retained height of 22.55m AGL and 2no. antennas mounted on existing wall support poles at the height of 21.08m AGL. The removal of 8no. RRUs and replacement with 10no. RRUs and development works thereto.
- Received
- 8 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Ossett
- ReceivedReceived8 Jan
- ValidatedValidated8 Jan
- Consult.Consultation11 Feb
- TargetTarget Date5 Mar
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Gawthorpe Water Tower Chidswell Lane Ossett WF5 9AZ. Wakefield has handled 157 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Ossett. We hold 71 applications in total for the WF5 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
- WF5 9AZ
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 12 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 21 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 5 March 2026
- Decision issued
- 4 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 4 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Sinclair Dalby Ltd 3 Princes Street Bath BA1 1HL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 21 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 11 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14582257
- Documents
- 25
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Wakefield
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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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