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Pontefract Rugby Football Club Moor Lane Pontefract WF8 3RX

26/00049/S7301Section 73 ApplicationAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and condition 3 (lighting design) pursuant to approved planning application ref 26/00049/FUL which granted planning permission for the Installation of 4 x lighting masts complete with LED lighting to light a rugby training pitch (dated 11.03.2026) to permit changes to the lighting design and light spillage design.

Received
25 June 2026
Decision due
27 August 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Pontefract South
  1. Received25 Jun
  2. Validated2 Jul
  3. Consult.24 Jul
  4. Target27 Aug
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 24 July.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (6)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Pontefract Rugby Football Club Moor Lane Pontefract WF8 3RX. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 25 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Pontefract South. We hold 2,011 applications in total for the WF8 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
WF8 3RX
Application type
Section 73 Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 July 2026
Consultation expiry
13 August 2026
Consultation start
3 July 2026
Consultation end
24 July 2026
Last date for comments
13 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Direct Sports Lighting
Agent address
Unit 3 Ure Bank Maltings Ripon HG4 1AE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 July 2026
Advertisement expiry
13 August 2026
Site notice start
9 July 2026
Site notice end
30 July 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15038262
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Wakefield

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, 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, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    8 Sep

    Non material amendment to approved planning application 26/00049FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment26/00049/NMC01
  2. 2026
    25 Jun

    Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and condition 3 (lighting design) pursuant to approved planning…

    This applicationPendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/00049/S7301
  3. 2026
    9 Jan

    Installation of 4 x lighting masts complete with LED lighting to light a rugby training pitch.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of26/00049/FUL

Source: Wakefield

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