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.
3,106 approved · 319 refused · 152 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodhouse Back Lane Woolley Wakefield WF4 2JT
Received 31 Mar 2020Unit 48 Lidgate Crescent Langthwaite Grange Business Park South Kirkby Pontefract WF9 3NR
Received 24 Mar 202024 Lincoln Street Wakefield WF2 0EB
Received 31 Mar 202074 Lennox Drive Wakefield WF2 8LH
Received 31 Mar 2020Beech Farm High Street Woolley Wakefield WF4 2JZ
Received 1 Apr 2020Stoneleigh Farm Wintersett Lane Wintersett Wakefield WF4 2EB
Received 2 Apr 20205 Greatfield Road Ossett WF5 0RX
Received 2 Apr 2020Unit 48 Lidgate Crescent Langthwaite Grange Business Park South Kirkby Pontefract WF9 3NR
Received 2 Apr 2020District Centre, City Fields
Received 2 Apr 2020Hastings Walk Castleford WF10 3EJ
Received 2 Apr 202010 Attlee Crescent Wakefield WF2 6RF
Received 3 Apr 2020158 Potovens Lane Outwood Wakefield WF1 2LF
Received 3 Apr 20207 Beechfield Wakefield WF2 6AW
Received 3 Apr 20208 The Arcade Hill Top Knottingley WF11 8EA
Received 3 Apr 20208 The Arcade Hill Top Knottingley WF11 8EA
Received 3 Apr 20201 Hardwick House Hardwick Court Pontefract WF8 3PB
Received 3 Apr 2020281 Horbury Road Wakefield WF2 8JL
Received 4 Apr 202057 Queens Square Pontefract WF8 4EZ
Received 6 Apr 2020116 Old Road Overton Wakefield WF4 4RB
Received 3 Apr 2020May Cottage 6 Hill Top Newmillerdam Wakefield WF2 6QB
Received 5 Apr 20201 Houndhill Lane Featherstone Pontefract WF7 5AH
Received 6 Apr 20203 Towers Close Crofton Wakefield WF4 1JB
Received 6 Apr 2020Phoenix 66 Phoenix Avenue Featherstone Pontefract WF7 6EP
Received 6 Apr 202024 Snydale Road Normanton WF6 1NY
Received 6 Apr 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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