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51 Potovens Lane Lofthouse Wakefield WF3 3JF

26/01739/CPLApproved

Approved on 8 October 2026

Council decision: Application Approved

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Single storey side extension

Received
28 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 8 October 2026
  1. Received28 Sep
  2. Validated28 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 10 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a single storey side extension at 51 Potovens Lane Lofthouse Wakefield WF3 3JF. Wakefield has handled 8,255 applications of this type. This one was decided in 10 days, 7 weeks quicker than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 938 applications in total for the WF3 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WF3 3JF

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 September 2026

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 2026-11-03. 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.

Source: Wakefield

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