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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.
3,283 approved · 329 refused · 167 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
27 Ashdene Drive Crofton Wakefield WF4 1PJ
Received 6 Aug 2020Land Off Wakefield Road, Ackworth Wakefield WF7 7BE
Received 6 Aug 20206 Willow Fold Wakefield WF2 9TL
Received 6 Aug 20208 Linnet Grove Wakefield WF2 6SF
Received 6 Aug 202028 Westfield Grove Wakefield WF1 3RS
Received 4 Aug 20204 Cubley Avenue Wakefield WF2 7HG
Received 7 Aug 202071 Victoria Avenue Wakefield WF2 9QL
Received 4 Aug 202027 Moorhouse View South Elmsall Pontefract WF9 2JL
Received 5 Aug 20206 Hall Cliffe Crescent Horbury Wakefield WF4 6DF
Received 5 Aug 202011 Ackworth Road Pontefract WF8 3PA
Received 6 Aug 20206 The Mount Pontefract WF8 1ND
Received 7 Aug 2020West Pavillion Heath Wakefield WF1 5SL
Received 7 Aug 202071 Sunnydale Park Ossett WF5 0RJ
Received 7 Aug 2020Maghglas 16 Greatfield Road Ossett WF5 0RX
Received 7 Aug 202075-83 Unity House Westgate Wakefield WF1 1EP
Received 7 Aug 2020West Pavillion Heath Wakefield WF1 5SL
Received 7 Aug 20208A Agbrigg Road Wakefield WF2 6AF
Received 7 Aug 202060 Dewsbury Road Ossett WF5 9NQ
Received 7 Aug 2020Fold Yard Brook House Willow Grove Wakefield
Received 7 Aug 2020Land At Silkwood Park The Wilfred Wakefield WF2 9LP
Received 7 Aug 2020216 Flanshaw Lane Wakefield WF2 9JB
Received 27 Jun 202012 Dovecote Close Horbury Wakefield WF4 6DH
Received 7 Aug 2020Land Adj 81 Pontefract Road Pontefract WF8 2PS
Received 8 Aug 202016 Otters Holt Durkar Wakefield WF4 3QE
Received 10 Aug 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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