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.
2,932 approved · 309 refused · 145 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Cleveland Avenue Wakefield WF2 8LE
Received 19 Dec 201911-11C Hsbc Bank Ropergate Pontefract WF8 1LJ
Received 19 Dec 20191 Trevor Terrace Lawns Lane Carr Gate Wakefield WF2 0QY
Received 19 Dec 2019Land Off Broad Cut Road Denby Dale Road Calder Grove Wakefield WF4 3DH
Received 20 Dec 201984 Friarwood Lane (Land Adjacent To) Pontefract WF8 1DX
Received 20 Dec 201927 Woodmoor Road Wakefield WF2 7QE
Received 20 Dec 20196 Newlands Walk Stanley Wakefield WF3 4DT
Received 18 Dec 201915 Far Richard Close Ossett Wakefield WF5 9NE
Received 19 Dec 201946 Leafield Drive Wakefield Wakefield WF2 0FT
Received 20 Dec 201936 Woodthorpe Lane Sandal Wakefield WF2 6JJ
Received 19 Dec 201914 Clock Row Avenue South Kirkby Pontefract WF9 3BD
Received 19 Dec 20192C Ashgap Lane Normanton WF6 2DU
Received 20 Dec 20194 Apple Tree Close Pontefract WF8 4RH
Received 19 Dec 2019Rutland Mills Tootal Street Wakefield WF1 5RH
Received 20 Dec 20193 Ashdale Wakefield WF2 6EW
Received 19 Dec 20199 Upper Ash Grove (Land To The Rear) South Elmsall Pontefract WF9 2BY
Received 18 Dec 2019Two Acres Intake Lane Woolley Wakefield WF4 2LG
Received 20 Dec 201955 Lawns Lane Carr Gate Wakefield WF2 0QX
Received 20 Dec 201938 Kenton Drive Durkar Wakefield WF4 3PN
Received 20 Dec 201932 Westgate Wakefield WF1 1JY
Received 20 Dec 2019Union Bank 57 - 59 Westgate Wakefield WF1 1BW
Received 20 Dec 2019Union Bank 57 - 59 Westgate Wakefield WF1 1BW
Received 20 Dec 2019Pontefract Park, Administration Offices Park Road Pontefract WF8 4QD
Received 21 Dec 201919 Patch Wood View Newmillerdam Wakefield WF2 6TU
Received 21 Dec 2019Records 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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