St Thomas A Becket Catholic Secondary School Barnsley Road Wakefield WF2 6EQ
Proposal
Redevelopment of St Thomas `a Becket Catholic Secondary School, including demolition of majority of existing buildings and construction of replacement part-two part-three storey building, as well as new and reconfigured parking and access arrangements, new and enhanced landscaping, reinstatement of hard outdoor PE space, SEND garden, installation of sub-station and switch room, and drainage works to existing playing fields.
- Received
- 21 October 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 January 2027
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 19 October 2026
- Ward
- Wakefield South
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- ReceivedReceived21 Oct
- ValidatedValidated21 Oct
- Consult.Consultation12 Nov
- TargetTarget Date20 Jan
- DecidedDecided
This is a full planning application for demolition at St Thomas A Becket Catholic Secondary School Barnsley Road Wakefield WF2 6EQ. Wakefield has handled 3,747 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 57 days. It was submitted on 21 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Wakefield South. We hold 1,143 applications in total for the WF2 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
10 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202613 Oct
For the redevelopment of St Thomas à Becket School
PendingApplication26/01843/EIASO - 202629 Jun
Erection of a single-storey rear extension at first-floor level to the existing maisonette, together with the…
RefusedFull planning permission26/01910/FUL - 20255 Dec
Erection of a single storey rear extension at first floor level, together with the creation of new external…
WithdrawnFull Planning Permission25/03772/FUL - 201914 Jan
Replacement of existing external classroom with two classrooms
ApprovedFull Application19/00058/FUL - 201725 Jul
Discharge of condition 3 (Radon) from approved application 17/00960/FUL
Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions17/00960/SUB01 - 201714 Mar
Discharge of Condition 11 (Renewables) from approved application 15/01914/FUL
Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions15/01914/SUB02 - 201618 Jul
Discharge of conditions 5 (Transport Management Plan), 11 (Refuse/Recycling) and 13 (Community Use Agreement)…
Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions15/01970/SUB02 - 20166 Jun
Variation of condition 15 of planning permission 15/01914/FUL
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)16/01423/FUL - 201629 Mar
Discharge of conditions 3 (construction method statement), 4-8 (drainage), 9 (crime), 10 (lighting), 11…
Conditions part DischargedDischarge of conditions15/01914/SUB01 - 201610 Mar
Discharge of conditions 14 (construction method statement), 15, 17, 18 & 19 (drainage) from approved…
Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions15/01970/SUB01
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High 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.
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