Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,072 approved · 318 refused · 150 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Apr 2006 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
10 Regina Crescent Havercroft Wakefield WF4 2ES
Received 10 Mar 2020Land To Rear Of 3 Ferrybridge Road Knottingley WF11 8JF
Received 11 Mar 202021 Snydale Avenue Normanton WF6 1SS
Received 12 Mar 202055 Eastfield Drive Pontefract WF8 2EX
Received 11 Mar 202018 Wood Mount Overton Wakefield WF4 4SB
Received 11 Mar 20201 To 15 Water View (land Adjoining) Castleford WF10 2SG
Received 12 Mar 2020Former Prince Of Wales Colliery Park Road Pontefract
Received 12 Mar 2020Former Veolia Works Oakenshaw Lane Walton Wakefield WF1 3BY
Received 12 Mar 2020100 Thornes Road Wakefield WF2 8QL
Received 13 Mar 202039 Hardwick Road Pontefract WF8 3QY
Received 13 Mar 202030 Garth Avenue Normanton WF6 1DJ
Received 13 Mar 2020Broadroyd House Fairfield Road Ossett WF5 0TA
Received 13 Mar 2020140 High Street New Sharlston Wakefield WF4 1BE
Received 13 Mar 20201 City Fields District Centre Wakefield
Received 13 Mar 2020White Horse Public House 49 West Lane Sharlston Common Wakefield WF4 1EP
Received 13 Mar 2020Land Off Flass Lane Glasshoughton Castleford WF10 5JW
Received 13 Mar 202022 Silverwood Road Woolley Grange Barnsley S75 5RU
Received 13 Mar 2020Rock Verne High Street South Elmsall Pontefract WF9 2DB
Received 13 Mar 2020The Grove (land Off) Walton Wakefield
Received 13 Mar 20202 Union Street Wakefield WF1 3AE
Received 16 Mar 2020Land Adjacent 7 Edward Street Normanton WF6 2QU
Received 16 Mar 202012 Tudor Lawns Carr Gate Wakefield WF2 0UU
Received 16 Mar 2020Far View Batley Road Kirkhamgate Wakefield WF2 0SP
Received 16 Mar 2020West Royd Mill House Wesley Street Ossett WF5 8EZ
Received 16 Mar 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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