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.
3,269 approved · 329 refused · 166 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Belle Isle Avenue Wakefield WF1 5JY
Received 23 Jul 2020Stocksmoor Grange Bungalow Stocksmoor Road Midgley Wakefield WF4 4JQ
Received 23 Jul 20204 Lime Tree Court Hemsworth Pontefract WF9 4HJ
Received 23 Jul 20204 Lime Tree Court Hemsworth Pontefract WF9 4HJ
Received 22 Jul 2020Newlands Hall Estate Birkwood Road Altofts Wakefield WF6 2JE
Received 23 Jul 2020Newlands Hall Estate Birkwood Road Wakefield Altofts WF6 2NJ
Received 23 Jul 2020Newlands Hall Estate Birkwood Road Wakefield Altofts WF6 2NJ
Received 23 Jul 202061 Lumley Gardens Castleford WF10 5GS
Received 22 Jul 2020Newlands Hall Estate Birkwood Road Wakefield Altofts WF6 2NJ
Received 23 Jul 202032 Ingfield Avenue Ossett Wakefield WF5 9HD
Received 22 Jul 20203 Harwood Close Wakefield WF2 6QY
Received 23 Jul 202019 Beastfair Pontefract WF8 1AL
Received 24 Jul 20203 High Farm Meadow Badsworth Pontefract WF9 1PB
Received 22 Jul 2020485 Barnsley Road Wakefield WF2 6BP
Received 24 Jul 2020Livorno 3 Orchard Head Lane Pontefract WF8 2LY
Received 24 Jul 2020International Procurement And Logistics Foxbridge Way Normanton WF6 1TN
Received 24 Jul 2020Hare Park Lane Crofton Wakefield WF4 1HT
Received 24 Jul 202011 Snydale Court Normanton WF6 1SZ
Received 24 Jul 2020Rustic Villa Leeds Road Cutsyke Castleford WF10 5ET
Received 24 Jul 20206 Howcroft Gardens Wakefield WF2 6TW
Received 27 Jul 2020Town Hall Market Place Ossett WF5 8BE
Received 26 Jul 2020Top House Farm Common Lane Upton Pontefract WF9 1DE
Received 26 Jul 2020Land To Rear Of Pontefract Road Pontefract WP8 2PR
Received 27 Jul 202023 Birchtree Close Wakefield WF1 4TF
Received 27 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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