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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.
3,314 approved · 337 refused · 168 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land Off Santingley Lane Bedford Farm Court Herbage View Crofton Wakefield
Received 16 Feb 2023Land Off Broad Cut Road Calder Grove Wakefield WF4 3DS
Received 5 May 2023Bullcliff Grange Denby Dale Road Bretton Wakefield WF4 4JN
Received 21 Jun 2023Former Whitwell Main Colliery Land East Of Whitwell Drive, Off Whinney Lane Wakefield Streethouse WF7 6GA
Received 6 Jul 2023Castlegate Stables Castlegate Stanley Wakefield WF3 4FA
Received 19 Jul 20235 Kingsley Avenue Crofton Wakefield WF4 1RN
Received 5 Sept 202313 Chevet Lane Wakefield West Yorkshire WF2 6HN
Received 19 Sept 202363 Front Street Castleford WF10 4RN
Received 25 Sept 2023Former Wakefield Magistrates Court King Street Wakefield WF1 2SR
Received 12 Sept 2023Former Wakefield Magistrates Court King Street Wakefield WF1 2SR
Received 12 Sept 2023A636 Denby Dale Road Central Reservation Wakefield WF2 8ED
Received 4 Oct 2023Redbeck Cafe And Motel Doncaster Road Crofton Wakefield WF4 1RR
Received 24 Oct 2023Police Station, 40A Wood Street, Gills Yard & Rishworth Street Car Parks Off Wood Street Wakefield WF1 2HJ
Received 30 Oct 2023Tithe Barn Christian Centre Westfield Road Horbury Wakefield WF4 6LL
Received 8 Nov 2023Former Brantwood Care Home North Ave Wakefield WF1 3RX
Received 4 Dec 202311 Wesley Street Ossett Wakefield WF5 8ER
Received 8 Dec 2023Land At 430178, 412891 (Field 1); 431408, 412579 (Field 2); And 431717, 412263 (Field 3) Land At Haigh Lane And Land At Woolley Edge Lane Wakefield
Received 22 Dec 20233 Walker Lane Horbury Wakefield WF4 5AJ
Received 3 Jan 2024Land At Pontefract Road Pontefract
Received 12 Jan 2024184 Dewsbury Road Wakefield WF2 9BE
Received 12 Jan 20243 Coopers Close (land Adj) Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7RA
Received 17 Jan 2024Cityfields District Centre Wakefield WF1 4FR
Received 19 Jan 2024648 Barnsley Road Newmillerdam Wakefield WF2 6QQ
Received 8 Feb 2024Quarry Garage Wakefield Road Pontefract
Received 13 Feb 2024Records 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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