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.
3,132 approved · 321 refused · 155 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Weetworth Park Castleford WF10 4DP
Received 19 Apr 202035 Marsden Avenue Ossett WF5 0AW
Received 20 Apr 202037 Broomhall Avenue Wakefield WF1 2AZ
Received 20 Apr 202018 Buckingham Way Castleford WF10 5JY
Received 20 Apr 2020The Scotsman PH (Former) (Caravan) Cow Lane Havercroft Wakefield WF4 2BE
Received 20 Apr 2020Oakwell Cemetery Road Hemsworth Pontefract WF9 4UB
Received 21 Apr 2020Land Off Aldi Park Road Castleford WF10 4SB
Received 21 Apr 2020Unit 3A Langthwaite Road Langthwaite Grange Industrial Estate South Kirkby Pontefract WF9 3AP
Received 21 Apr 202035 Barnstone Vale Wakefield WF1 4TW
Received 21 Apr 2020Orchard House New Road Woolley Wakefield WF4 2JH
Received 22 Apr 2020675 Barnsley Road Newmillerdam Wakefield WF2 6QQ
Received 22 Apr 202023 Low Moor Lane Woolley Wakefield WF4 2LJ
Received 22 Apr 202013 Deneside Ossett Wakefield WF5 8EA
Received 21 Apr 202050-52 Westgate Wakefield WF1 1XH
Received 22 Apr 202030 Methley Road Castleford WF10 1PA
Received 22 Apr 202041-43 Lee Moor Road Stanley Wakefield WF3 4EF
Received 23 Apr 20208 Cross Keys Ossett Wakefield WF5 9SJ
Received 23 Apr 2020Rutland Mills Tootal Street Wakefield WF1 5JN
Received 23 Apr 2020Plot G3 And G4 Thunderhead Ridge Glasshoughton Castleford
Received 24 Apr 2020Rutland Mills Tootal Street Wakefield
Received 23 Apr 202028 Park Avenue Outwood Wakefield WF1 2NQ
Received 26 Apr 202010 Vale View Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7HQ
Received 27 Apr 2020135 Towngate Ossett WF5 0PN
Received 27 Apr 202014 Forge Lane Horbury Wakefield WF4 5EH
Received 27 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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