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.
3,244 approved · 328 refused · 161 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Apr 2006 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7A Market Place Normanton WF6 2AU
Received 1 Jul 2020121 Lumley Street Castleford WF10 5LY
Received 2 Jul 2020Residential Development By Avant Homes Land Off Neil Fox Way Wakefield WF1 5HF
Received 1 Jul 202023 Leafield Drive Wakefield Wakefield WF2 0FT
Received 2 Jul 2020Unit 6 Burgage Square Wakefield WF1 2TS
Received 2 Jul 2020Mill Dam Junior And Infant School Millgate Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7PH
Received 2 Jul 2020River Cottage 9 Carr Bridge Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7ND
Received 1 Jul 2020The Rafters Doncaster Road Wragby Wakefield WF4 1QX
Received 2 Jul 202011 Church Lane Outwood Wakefield WF1 2JS
Received 2 Jul 2020Former Site Of Nestle UK Ltd Wheldon Road Castleford
Received 2 Jul 202016 Park View Castleford West Yorkshire WF10 3HZ
Received 2 Jul 2020Rutland Mills Tootal Street Wakefield
Received 2 Jul 2020Wheldon Infant School Francis Street Castleford WF10 1HF
Received 3 Jul 2020Elmwood Farm Oakenshaw Lane Walton Wakefield WF2 6NL
Received 3 Jul 2020Plot 4 Newmarket Lane Stanley Wakefield
Received 1 Jul 2020Plot 8 Newmarket Lane Stanley Wakefield
Received 1 Jul 202025 Main Street South Hiendley Barnsley S72 9BS
Received 3 Jul 2020Chapel Hill Cottage Valley Road Darrington Pontefract WF8 3BY
Received 3 Jul 20204 Clarke Hall Court Wakefield WF1 4FH
Received 3 Jul 202089 Batley Road Wakefield WF2 0AB
Received 3 Jul 2020T Mobile Telecommunication Mast Site Ref 75067 Doncaster Road Ackworth Pontefract WF9 1AY
Received 3 Jul 2020Badsworth Grange Back Lane Badsworth Pontefract WF9 1AG
Received 3 Jul 2020Beechlands Lacey Street Horbury Wakefield WF4 5HP
Received 3 Jul 2020154 Shay Lane Walton Wakefield WF2 6LA
Received 3 Jul 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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