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Land Off Pontefract Road Plowes Way Knottingley

26/01030/CPECertificate Existing Lawful Use or DevAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness to confirm that the laying of drainage pipes and the installation of manholes for plot 2 comprises the lawful commencement of the erection of 14 dwellings as approved under application refs. 22/01242/FUL and 22/01242/S7301.

Received
12 June 2026
Decision due
10 August 2026
Ward
Knottingley
Agent
PB Planning Ltd
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated15 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Aug
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land Off Pontefract Road Plowes Way Knottingley. Wakefield has handled 436 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Knottingley.

93% of amendment 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

Application type
Certificate Existing Lawful Use or Dev
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
14

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
PB Planning Ltd
Agent address
PO Box 778 York YO1 0LT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15004311
Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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