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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.
3,224 approved · 326 refused · 161 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
410 Leeds Road (Land To Rear Of) Wakefield West Yorkshire WF1 2JB
Received 19 Jun 20205 Carr Gate Crescent Carr Gate Wakefield WF2 0QR
Received 19 Jun 202018 West Avenue South Elmsall Pontefract WF9 2DN
Received 17 Jun 202014 Hague Park Drive South Kirkby Pontefract WF9 3SX
Received 17 Jun 20209A The Balk Walton Wakefield WF2 6JZ
Received 18 Jun 20202 Lea Lane Featherstone Pontefract WF7 5EE
Received 19 Jun 202010 Highfield Crescent Overton Wakefield WF4 4QZ
Received 19 Jun 2020Eden Place Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EE
Received 19 Jun 2020Street Record Peel Avenue Durkar Wakefield
Received 19 Jun 2020Manor House Building (Building 3) Woodlands Village Wakefield WF1 5LR
Received 19 Jun 20201 Woodlands Court Woolley Grange Barnsley S75 5FE
Received 19 Jun 2020126 Beech Street South Elmsall Pontefract WF9 2LT
Received 19 Jun 2020New College Park Lane Pontefract WF8 4QR
Received 19 Jun 2020Land At Low Moor Lane Woolley Wakefield
Received 19 Jun 202026 Woolgreaves Garth Wakefield WF2 6DY
Received 19 Jun 202025 Elsicker Lane Warmfield Wakefield WF1 5TW
Received 22 Jun 2020Coach House 187 Shay Lane Walton Wakefield WF2 6NW
Received 22 Jun 2020Coach House 187 Shay Lane Walton Wakefield WF2 6NW
Received 21 Jun 20203 Holly Bank Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7LE
Received 22 Jun 2020103 Ackworth Road Pontefract West Yorkshire WF8 4NQ
Received 22 Jun 2020H M Prison & Young Offender Institution New Hall Way Flockton Wakefield WF4 4AX
Received 22 Jun 202024 The Russets Wakefield WF2 6JF
Received 19 Jun 20203 Estcourt Drive Darrington Pontefract WF8 3BN
Received 19 Jun 20201 Elm Apartments Chaloner Grove Wakefield WF1 4SS
Received 22 Jun 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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