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28 Sowood Lane Ossett Wakefield WF5 0LE

26/01600/DEMPermitted

Proposal

Demolition of detached dwelling and garage

Received
8 September 2026
Decided
5 October 2026 · Prior Approval Required and Granted
Public comments
0 · last counted 5 October 2026
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Oct

Decided in 27 days

This is a planning application for demolition at 28 Sowood Lane Ossett Wakefield WF5 0LE. Wakefield has handled 8,103 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Wakefield's median. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 55 applications in total for the WF5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/01600/DEM
Address
28 Sowood Lane Ossett Wakefield WF5 0LE
Postcode
WF5 0LE
Local Authority
Wakefield
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
4 September 2026
Date Decided
5 October 2026
Date Validated
8 September 2026
Date Submitted
8 September 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Prior Approval Required and Granted

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
7
Coordinates
53.670307, -1.569350
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Wakefield

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Associated applications

Planning 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.

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 2026-10-09. 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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