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.
3,350 approved · 341 refused · 172 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
White Cat Garage Doncaster Road East Hardwick Pontefract WF8 3ED
Received 19 Feb 2025Mill Lane (Land Off) Ackworth Pontefract
Received 19 Feb 2025Land Adj To Southfield Lane Horbury Wakefield WF4 5AS
Received 19 Feb 2025119 George Lane Notton Wakefield WF4 2NE
Received 20 Feb 2025132 Lumley Street (Rear Of) Castleford West Yorkshire WF10 5LU
Received 24 Feb 202514A South Parade Wakefield WF1 1LR
Received 24 Feb 2025The Farmhouse Burcroft Farm Doncaster Road Crofton Wakefield WF4 1RS
Received 24 Feb 20252 - 4 Grove Road Wakefield WF1 1UW
Received 24 Feb 20255 Wilson Avenue Ossett Wakefield WF5 0HQ
Received 24 Feb 2025Wragby Grange Doncaster Road Wragby Wakefield WF4 1QX
Received 25 Feb 202544 And 46 Green Lane Featherstone Pontefract WF7 6JX
Received 27 Feb 202520 Carr Lane Middlestown Wakefield WF4 4QJ
Received 28 Feb 2025Sleep Factory Limited St Oswalds Place Ossett Wakefield WF5 9JT
Received 28 Feb 2025Waterside Park Business Hub Neil Fox Way City Fields Wakefield
Received 28 Feb 2025Common Road South Kirkby
Received 28 Feb 2025Former Nestle Wheldon Road Castleford
Received 4 Mar 2025Land Between Ackworth Road And Hardwick Road Pontefract
Received 6 Mar 2025Hawthorn House 23B Low Moor Lane Woolley Wakefield WF4 2LJ
Received 7 Mar 2025Maestro House Bradley Avenue Castleford WF10 1EY
Received 7 Mar 202567 Womersley Road Knottingley WF11 0DL
Received 10 Mar 2025Heathlands West City Fields Land At Neil Fox Way Wakefield
Received 11 Mar 2025Parkside Hotel Public House (Former) Park Road Pontefract WF8 4QD
Received 11 Mar 2025Land South Of De Lacy Way Pontefract Wakefield
Received 13 Mar 2025Prospect House New Road Old Snydale Pontefract WF7 6EZ
Received 13 Mar 2025Records 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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