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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.
3,760 approved · 365 refused · 188 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Apr 2006 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
171 New Road Middlestown Wakefield WF4 4NX
Received 29 Oct 20254 Wentworth Terrace Wakefield WF1 3QN
Received 29 Oct 2025St Oswald Cricket Club Garmil Lane Wragby Wakefield WF4 1QU
Received 29 Oct 2025Lilley Terrace South Kirkby Pontefract
Received 29 Oct 2025Land Off Bleakley Lane Notton Wakefield WF4 2NU
Received 29 Oct 2025Horbury Primary School Northfield Lane Horbury Wakefield WF4 5DW
Received 29 Oct 20251 Raven Close Ackton Pontefract WF7 6JA
Received 29 Oct 20251 Swift Way Wakefield WF2 6SG
Received 30 Oct 2025Unit 3 - 4 Victoria Works Elder Grove Wakefield WF2 9AS
Received 30 Oct 202512 Elm Terrace Swales Yard Pontefract WF8 1DG
Received 30 Oct 202581A Stanley Road Wakefield WF1 4LH
Received 30 Oct 2025Oakfield Park School Barnsley Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7DT
Received 30 Oct 2025Land Adj To Southfield Lane Horbury Wakefield WF4 5AS
Received 30 Oct 20251 Netherley Brow Ossett Wakefield WF5 0DH
Received 29 Oct 2025Xscape Colorado Way Castleford WF10 4TA
Received 30 Oct 202527 Harrison Road Crofton Wakefield WF4 1NE
Received 30 Oct 2025Sandal Lawn Tennis Club Walton Lane Wakefield WF2 6BT
Received 30 Oct 20252 Trinity Street Wakefield WF1 5BS
Received 31 Oct 202559 Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7LN
Received 31 Oct 2025The Smithy Whitley Farm Drive Netherton Wakefield WF4 4LN
Received 31 Oct 20257 Railway Terrace Outwood Wakefield WF1 2PB
Received 31 Oct 20253 Ramsey Court Middlestown Wakefield WF4 4TW
Received 31 Oct 20252 Netherton Hall Gardens Netherton Wakefield WF4 4JA
Received 31 Oct 20256 Holmfield Avenue Wakefield WF2 7AF
Received 31 Oct 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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