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.
3,093 approved · 319 refused · 152 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 School Hill Newmillerdam Wakefield WF2 7SP
Received 23 Mar 20205 The Croft Bretton Wakefield WF4 4LH
Received 23 Mar 2020Easthaugh Carleton Road Pontefract WF8 3RP
Received 20 Mar 2020Priory Cottage Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EF
Received 22 Mar 202027 The Crescent Normanton WF6 2QE
Received 20 Mar 202019 Cherry Tree Crescent Walton Wakefield WF2 6LQ
Received 23 Mar 20206 Brentlea Avenue Wakefield WF2 7SE
Received 23 Mar 202036 Springhill Avenue Crofton Wakefield WF4 1HA
Received 23 Mar 202018A Carr Lane Wakefield WF2 6HJ
Received 23 Mar 202024 Birkwood Road Normanton WF6 2NL
Received 23 Mar 2020133 Cliff Road Crigglestone Wakefield WF4 3EL
Received 23 Mar 20209 Beechwood Dale Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7NP
Received 24 Mar 20207 Stonecroft Stanley Wakefield WF3 4HA
Received 24 Mar 2020568 Denby Dale Road Durkar Wakefield WF4 3DH
Received 23 Mar 202065 Wrangbrook Road Upton Pontefract WF9 1EQ
Received 25 Mar 202032 Wrenthorpe Lane Wrenthorpe Wakefield WF2 0QA
Received 25 Mar 202012 The Paddock Normanton Wakefield WF6 1NX
Received 25 Mar 2020261 Queen Elizabeth Drive Normanton WF6 1ND
Received 25 Mar 2020Former Warburtons Bakery Alverthorpe Road Wakefield WF2 9NJ
Received 25 Mar 202022 Strickland Road Upton Pontefract WF9 1EW
Received 25 Mar 2020Land At Ferrybridge Road Knottingley WF11 8JF
Received 26 Mar 202055 Field Lane Wakefield WF2 7RU
Received 26 Mar 2020Willow House Pontefract Road Hemsworth Pontefract WF9 5LW
Received 26 Mar 2020Star Farm South Lane Netherton Wakefield WF4 4JE
Received 26 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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