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Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
4,586Searchable applications
582Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 3,180 approved or refused records
300Refused applications

2,880 approved · 300 refused · 141 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Apr 2006 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 10 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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  1. Unknown17/02478/EIASO

    EIA Screening Opinion

    Former Normanton Brick Works Newlands Lane Altofts

    Received 20 Sept 2017
  2. Unknown18/00132/FUL

    The remediation of the former industrial waste tip at Jackson's Quarry,west of Womersley Road Knottingley to cap the waste off with a clay layer to prevent water ingress into the waste and prepare the site for constructing 165 houses on the site.

    Womersley Road Knottingley WF11 0DL

    Received 18 Jan 2018
  3. Decided16/02985/SUB01

    Discharge of condition 4 (Wheel washing), 5 (Boundaries), 6 (Levels and retaining walls), 7 (Materials), 8 (Tree protection), 9 (Landscaping), 14 (Bat tubes) from approved application 16/02985/FUL.

    Blue Bell Inn Great North Road Wentbridge Pontefract WF8 3JP

    Received 26 Feb 2018
  4. Decided19/01393/FUL

    Single storey side extension to form new toilets

    Mosque Duke Of York Street Wakefield WF1 3PD

    Received 17 Jun 2019
  5. Decided19/01565/FUL

    Boundary fence (retrospective)

    43 Northfield Lane Horbury Wakefield WF4 5HU

    Received 8 Jul 2019
  6. Decided19/01574/FUL

    Creation of office space and units within existing buildings including associated external alterations and construction of 8.no industrial buildings (use classes B1(c), B2 and B8 including associated trade counters) at Ferrybridge workspace and adjacent land, with associated parking, compounds, waste storage areas, landscaping and works.

    Ferrybridge Workspace Pontefract Road Knottingley WF11 8PL

    Received 9 Jul 2019
  7. Unknown19/01644/FUL

    Retrospective change of use from auction house to a martial arts school and dance and fitness studio

    The Old Auction House Illingworth Street Ossett Wakefield WF5 8AN

    Received 16 Jul 2019
  8. Decided19/01714/OUT

    Outline planning permission, with all matters reserved other than points of access, for proposed industrial development to be used for purposes within Use Classes B2 (General Industrial Uses) and B8 (Storage and Distribution Uses) and associated works

    Land Off Havertop Lane Normanton

    Received 29 Jul 2019
  9. Decided19/01720/FUL

    Decking to the rear (retrospective)

    26 Rookhill Drive Pontefract WF8 2BT

    Received 29 Jan 2020
  10. Decided19/01773/FUL

    Erection of fence with gate (part retrospective)

    23 Riverdale Avenue (Land Adj To) Stanley Wakefield WF3 4LF

    Received 6 Aug 2019
  11. Unknown19/01817/FUL

    Formation of temporary car park, for a period of 5 years, on land to the west of Pinderfields General Hospital and creation of additional parking spaces in existing patient and visitor car park.

    Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4DG

    Received 9 Aug 2019
  12. Decided16/01703/S7301

    Removal/Variation of conditions 2 and 3 of approved application 16/01703/FUL dated 07.09.2016 (Change of use of land to overflow car park to be accessed from existing car park, with associated surfacing and boundary treatment) to amend car park surfacing and boundary treatment

    The Brig 1 St Mary's Road Normanton WF6 2JH

    Received 8 Sept 2019
  13. Decided19/02036/FUL

    Two storey extension to side

    63 Churchfield Lane Castleford WF10 4JY

    Received 9 Sept 2019
  14. Decided19/02075/FUL

    Change of use from business storage to retail unit

    34 Front Street Pontefract WF8 1NW

    Received 16 Sept 2019
  15. Decided19/02118/FUL

    Single storey rear extension and (retrospective) conversion of garage into habitable room

    27 Rock House Way Ossett WF5 0BG

    Received 20 Sept 2019
  16. Decided19/02123/FUL

    Single storey rear/side extension

    134 Katrina Grove Featherstone Pontefract WF7 5NT

    Received 19 Sept 2019
  17. Decided19/01382/FUL

    Extension to the rear of no.162-164 to provide additional retail space for the existing retail unit (no.164), change of use of no.162 (ground floor only) from residential to retail creating an additional retail unit to the front and further space for the existing retail unit (no. 164) to the rear, and creation of 1no. flat above no.162-164 (part retrospective).

    162-164 Alverthorpe Road Wakefield WF2 9PY

    Received 23 Sept 2019
  18. Decided19/02146/FUL

    Single storey rear extension.

    17 Warmfield Lane Warmfield Wakefield WF1 5TN

    Received 24 Sept 2019
  19. Decided19/02154/FUL

    Planning application for change of use from 5no Townhouses to 10No Townhouses (resubmission of application No 19/00451/FUL - Alterations to parking and provision of further amenity space).

    St Faiths Manor (Land At) Off Bevan Grove Wakefield WF1 4EX

    Received 25 Sept 2019
  20. Decided19/02167/FUL

    Proposed demolition of garden store and replacement rear single storey extension, single storey side infill and single storey porch to front. Construction of terrace to side and amendments to rear and side windows and doors.

    39 Mountbatten Crescent Outwood Wakefield WF1 3EN

    Received 27 Sept 2019
  21. Decided19/02183/FUL

    Planning application for change of use from 5No townhouses to 12No apartments.

    St Faiths Manor (Land At) Off Bevan Grove Wakefield WF1 4EX

    Received 27 Sept 2019
  22. Decided19/02192/FUL

    Two storey side extension with single storey rear projection including first floor balcony (part retrospective).

    5 Church Lane Chapelthorpe Wakefield WF4 3JF

    Received 30 Sept 2019
  23. Decided19/02206/SPN

    Solar PV installation to comply with Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015

    Thurston Group Limited Quarry Hill Industrial Estate Quarry Hill Wakefield WF4 6AJ

    Received 1 Oct 2019
  24. Decided19/02211/FUL

    Two storey extension and infill single storey extensions to front, pitched roof over existing garage to front/side, first floor balcony to rear and single storey extension to rear

    32 Wavell Grove Wakefield WF2 6JR

    Received 2 Oct 2019

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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

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