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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
5,171Searchable applications
586Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 3,648 approved or refused records
336Refused applications

3,312 approved · 336 refused · 168 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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  1. Unknown21/02525/LBC

    Conversion and flexible use for aparthotel (Use Class C1) and / or residential (Class C3) with associated works, landscaping and car parking (12no. apartments)

    71 Northgate Wakefield WF1 3BS

    Received 12 Oct 2021
  2. Unknown18/02880/SUB04

    Discharge of Condition 2 (Archaeological Recording) for Phase 5A of approved application 18/02880/S7301

    Land Off Neil Fox Way Neil Fox Way Wakefield WF1 4FY

    Received 26 Nov 2021
  3. Decided21/02991/FUL

    Retrospective erection of single storey extension to side, decking to rear, pergola to rear of outbuilding, external alterations to outbuilding, hardstanding to front, side and rear and landscaping works

    Montana Foxholes Lane Normanton WF6 2PE

    Received 13 Dec 2021
  4. Unknown18/02880/SUB05

    Discharge of Conditions 9 (Temporary Surface Water Drainage), 11 (Surface Water - Highways), 14 (Levels), 16 (External Lighting) and 29 (Piped Discharge) for Phase 5A of approved application 18/02880/S7301

    Land Off Neil Fox Way Neil Fox Way Wakefield WF1 4FY

    Received 19 Jan 2022
  5. Unknown18/02880/SUB06

    Discharge of Conditions 22 (External Materials) and 23 (Renewables) for Phase 5A of approved application 18/02880/S7301

    Land Off Neil Fox Way Neil Fox Way Wakefield WF1 4FY

    Received 19 Jan 2022
  6. Unknown21/01604/SUB01

    Discharge of condition 3 (Materials) from approved application 21/01604/FUL

    2 Castle View Pontefract Wakefield WF8 1EH

    Received 3 Feb 2022
  7. Decided20/01369/SUB01

    Discharge of condition 6 (Soft Landscaping and Tree Planting) from approved application 20/01369/S7301

    New Inn Public House 144 Shay Lane Walton Wakefield WF2 6LA

    Received 12 Apr 2022
  8. Decided22/00849/FUL

    Retrospective regrading of land and proposed erection of 1no. dwelling to rear (ancillary to business) and erection of staircase

    Rock Inn Rock Hill Castleford Wakefield WF10 4RD

    Received 20 Apr 2022
  9. Decided21/00770/SUB03

    Discharge of Conditions 13 (Retaining Walls), 15 (Bats and Birds), 16 (External Lighting) and 21 (Renewables) from approved application 21/00770/FUL

    City Fields Phase 4B Wakefield

    Received 24 May 2022
  10. Decided18/02893/S7301

    Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and condition 18 (boundary treatment) application Reference Number: 18/02893/FUL Date 06/09/2019 to regularise revised boundary treatment along the boundary adjoining plots 1-5 to West Close/Victoria gardens.

    Land Adjacent West Close Station Road Normanton WF6 2NB

    Received 30 May 2022
  11. Decided13/03065/SUB07

    Discharge of condition 4 (Materials), 5 (Foul and surface water drainage), 6 (Development flow runoff), 8 (Temporary surface water drainage), 9 (Access and parking), 10 (Crime), 11 (Oil interceptor), 14 (Details of pile driving work), 17 (Details of external plant), 18 (Travel Plan), 19 (Energy and water efficiency), 20 (Renewable energy) and 22 (electric vehicle charge points) from approved application 13/03065/OUT.

    Ossett Fire Station The Willfred Ossett Wakefield WF5 9EE

    Received 1 Jun 2022
  12. Unknown18/02818/SUB01

    Discharge of Conditions Condition 4 (Noise Mitigation), Condition 5 (External Materials), Condition 6 (Finished Floor Levels), Condition 7 (Bin Storage and Waste Management Strategy), Condition 8 (Contamination Risk Assessment), Condition 10 (Archaeological and Architectural Recording), & Condition 11 (Measures to Minimise the Risk of Crime) from approved application 18/02818/FUL

    Bradley Street Castleford WF10 1HR

    Received 13 Jun 2022
  13. Unknown22/01327/EIASC

    Request for a Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15 of The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) in respect of proposed lateral extension to Darrington Hall Quarry: Northern Extension [Wakefield Phase] (C. 14 hectares) - North-Western Extension [Methley Phase] (C. 9 hectares)

    Darrington Quarry Stubbs Lane Knottingley Wf11 0AH

    Received 16 Jun 2022
  14. Unknown22/01460/FUL

    Construction and operation of a temporary battery energy storage system, formation of an access road, SuDS pond, landscape and ecological enhancements and associated works

    LAND SOUTH OF WAKEFIELD B SUBSTATION AND EAST OF NEIL FOX WAY, WAKEFIELD, WF1 5DB

    Received 5 Jul 2022
  15. Unknown19/01078/SUB04

    Discharge of condition 16 (Affordable housing scheme) from approved application

    Land At Woolley Colliery Road (Land Off) Wakefield S75 5RY

    Received 5 Jul 2022
  16. Unknown22/01544/FUL

    Change of use of site for siting of 2 static caravans, erection of barn for storage of hay and equipment in addition to pens for housing ducks and other animals, access track, gates, hardstanding, dog kennels and dog run (part retrospective).

    Moxons Grange Santingley Lane Crofton Wakefield WF4 1EW

    Received 18 Jul 2022
  17. Decided20/01159/SUB02

    Discharge of conditions 16 (Pollution Prevention), 17 (Suspended Solids) and 18 (Soil Screen Mounds) from approved application 20/01159/FUL.

    Birkwood Farm Birkwood Road Normanton WF6 2JE

    Received 18 Jul 2022
  18. Decided22/01608/FUL

    Retrospective change of use of land for the stationing of caravans for residential purposes for 1no. gypsy pitch with 2no. caravans (one used as a day room), trailer and horse box and horse pen along with the formation of hardstanding and associated access, a walled enclosure and boundary walls to the eastern and western boundary of the site.

    Land To East Side Pineapple Hill Wakefield Road Warmfield Wakefield

    Received 26 Jul 2022
  19. Unknown22/01624/FUL

    Proposed erection of 1no. single storey dwelling with car parking

    65A Stockingate South Kirkby Pontefract WF9 3PE

    Received 28 Jul 2022
  20. Decided21/01685/REM01

    Approval of Reserved Matters (layout, access, appearance, landscaping and scale) pursuant to outline approval 21/01685/OUT for 2no. dwellings and discharge of conditions 7 (Boundary Treatments) and 14 (Noise)

    Land Adjacent To Pontefract Sport And Social Club Chequers Close Pontefract WF8 2TF

    Received 26 Aug 2022
  21. Decided21/01774/SUB01

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Details of excavations. foundations and construction method), 4 (Details of roof works), 5 Details of rainwater goods, Extract details, boundaries and hard standings), 6 (Stone samples) and 7 Mortar mix) from approved application 21/01774/LBC.

    Manor Farm Bungalow Watchit Hole Lane Thorpe Audlin Pontefract WF8 3HF

    Received 31 Aug 2022
  22. Decided20/02820/SUB01

    Discharge of Condition 6 (Cycle parking), Condition 8 (Boundary Treatment), Condition 10 (Bins) & Condition 12 (Security) from approved application 20/02820/S7301.

    Former Castleford Community Learning Centre 78 Bridge Street Castleford WF10 1RB

    Received 7 Oct 2022
  23. Decided22/02135/FUL

    Proposed change of use of first floor offices to 1no. self-contained flat (C3), Subdivision of ground floor retail unit to form 2no. retail units, retention of shutters at ground floor, retention of boundary wall and proposed entrance gates to front

    112B Queens Park Drive Castleford WF10 3DQ

    Received 17 Oct 2022
  24. Decided23/00157/OUT

    Outline application for erection of up to 35 no. continuing care apartments (Use Class C3) including means of access with all other matters reserved.

    Land Off Nevile Drive The Grove Walton Wakefield

    Received 30 Jan 2023

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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.

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