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Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

4,981Searchable applications

586Recorded as pending

91%Approval rate · 3,494 approved or refused records

326Refused applications

3,168 approved · 326 refused · 157 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Planning information Planning Local plan Planning policy Conservation areas Conservation areas

Council contacts

Planning enquiriesdevcontrol@wakefield.gov.uk Council source
Planning enquiries03458506506 Council source
Planning enquiries01924305260 Council source

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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More application records

Decided20/00952/FUL
First floor rear extension, garage conversion with detached outbuilding
Lorne House 1 Broomhall Avenue Wakefield WF1 2BB
Received 18 May 2020
Decided20/00953/FUL
Erection of boundary fence
1 New Road Horbury Wakefield WF4 5LR
Received 18 May 2020
Decided20/00954/FUL
Boundary fence (maximum height 1.82m)
30 Sowood Avenue Ossett WF5 0DD
Received 18 May 2020
Decided20/00955/FUL
Residential development for 5 no. dwellings including demolition of Leyland Villa and associated works
Leyland Villa (accessed Via William Court) White Apron Street (Off) South Kirkby Pontefract WF9 3LP
Received 18 May 2020
Decided20/00956/FUL
Replacement garage to rear (Retrospective)
64 Holmfield Close Pontefract WF8 2NB
Received 18 May 2020
Decided20/00957/FUL
Two storey side extension
1 Dunn Close Wrenthorpe Wakefield WF2 0SX
Received 18 May 2020
Decided20/00958/FUL
Construction of new two-storey detached dwellinghouse on site adjacent existing Gatehouse
The Gatehouse (land Adj) Manygates Lane Wakefield WF1 5NJ
Received 19 May 2020
Decided20/00959/CPL
Single storey rear extension
94 Linton Road Wakefield WF1 4HJ
Received 19 May 2020
Decided20/00960/FUL
Single storey detached garage
Sycamore House Mayors Walk Pontefract WF8 2RP
Received 19 May 2020
Decided20/00962/FUL
Demolition of existing building and redevelopment of site to create a Bio-CNG vehicle fuelling facility comprising fuel pump islands, plant compound, landscaping, creation of new access and egress from Altofts Lane and associated development
Greywood Hall Altofts Lane Castleford WF10 5PZ
Received 19 May 2020
Decided20/00963/TPO
T1 willow request permission to reduce away from property by 3m. It is regrowth from a stem so requires pollarding. There is another limb coming off the tree that also requires pollarding towards the back of the house as the branches are resting on the roof.T2 sycamore crown lift to 5m and dead wood part of the tree that's over hanging the garden. branches are too low and some dead wood has fallen from the tree.
11 Willowbrook Manor Horbury Wakefield WF4 5FA
Received 19 May 2020
Decided20/00964/FUL
Residential development for 1no detached dwelling and associated works
93-95 Cow Lane (Land To The Rear) Havercroft Wakefield WF4 2HF
Received 19 May 2020
Decided18/01878/SUB01
Discharge of Conditions 3 (CMS pre-commencement), 4 (Wheel Wash pre-commencement) and 6 (Coal Mining Risk Assessment) from approved application 18/01878/FUL
2 Primrose Lane Calder Grove Wakefield WF4 3DD
Received 15 May 2020
Decided20/00965/FUL
Conversion of second floor flat to 2no. flats
Moorthorpe Hotel 137 Barnsley Road South Elmsall Pontefract WF9 2AA
Received 19 May 2020
Decided20/00966/LBC
Internal and external alterations and repairs, removal of entrance lobby, construction of timber canopy to the side
409 Milnthorpe Lane Wakefield WF2 7HT
Received 20 May 2020
Decided20/00967/DEM
Demolition of community building
Joys Hall Mill Lane South Kirkby Pontefract WF9 3HG
Received 20 May 2020
Decided20/00968/FUL
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (1NO. DWELLING) INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS
1 Meadow Court Netherton Wakefield WF4 4HT
Received 20 May 2020
Decided20/00969/FUL
Removal and replacement of 16 no existing timber sliding sash windows with timber mock sliding sash (top hung casement) double glazed windows.
Navigation Inn Broadcut Road Calder Grove Wakefield WF4 3DS
Received 20 May 2020
Decided18/02395/SUB01
Discharge of conditions 4 (Materials), 5 (Crime reduction measures), 6 (Finished floor levels), 7 (Tree protection), 8 (Landscaping) and 10 (Foul and surface water drainage) from approved application 18/02395/FUL.
100A Church Road Normanton WF6 2QG
Received 21 May 2020
Decided20/00972/FUL
Erection of free standing wooden frame canopy with polycarbonate sheet roof
Newton Hill Junior And Infant School Leeds Road Wakefield WF1 2HR
Received 21 May 2020
Decided20/00973/FUL
Substitution of house types to Plots 2 & 3 (amendment to approved application 19/00498/FUL)
33 And 43 Darrington Road (Land Between) East Hardwick Pontefract WF8 3DS
Received 21 May 2020
Decided20/00974/FUL
Change of use from existing Yorkshire Bank Plc to new retail space and upper floor conversion to 2No. new apartments. (part retrospective)
Yorkshire Bank Plc 36 Station Road Ossett WF5 8AY
Received 21 May 2020
Decided20/00975/ADV
1No Internally illuminated, fascia sign; 1No. Internally illuminated, projecting/hanging sign; 1No. Printed, rigid board, projecting/hanging sign. (retrospective)
Yorkshire Bank Plc 36 Station Road Ossett WF5 8AY
Received 21 May 2020
Decided18/02771/SUB11
Discharge of Condition 18 (External Lighting) for Phase 4B of approved application 18/02771/S7302
City Fields Phase 4b
Received 21 May 2020

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What these statistics cover

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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