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.
3,888 approved · 371 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Market Street Wakefield WF1 1DH
Received 29 Jan 2026383 Milnthorpe Lane Wakefield WF2 7HT
Received 29 Jan 2026The Bungalow Back Lane Badsworth Pontefract WF9 1AG
Received 29 Jan 20261- 3 Orchard Road Wakefield WF2 7NQ
Received 29 Jan 2026127 Kirkgate Wakefield WF1 1JG
Received 29 Jan 2026Wakefield Hospice Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4TS
Received 29 Jan 2026The Gate House Ackworth Park Farm Pontefract Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7FS
Received 30 Jan 2026Knottingley Quarry Womersley Road Knottingley WF11 0DN
Received 30 Jan 2026Willow Farm Hollingthorpe Lane Hall Green Wakefield WF4 3NG
Received 30 Jan 202674 Broad Lane South Elmsall Pontefract WF9 2NB
Received 30 Jan 2026Moor Lane Carleton Pontefract WF8 3RX
Received 30 Jan 20261 Sandal Avenue Wakefield WF2 7LP
Received 30 Jan 20266 Limestone Road Wakefield WF1 2GL
Received 2 Feb 202610 Newfield Avenue Castleford WF10 4BH
Received 1 Feb 20266/8 Trinity Street Wakefield WF1 5BS
Received 2 Feb 2026Mill Dam Junior And Infant School Millgate Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7PH
Received 2 Feb 2026Walton Primary Academy The Grove Walton Wakefield WF2 6LD
Received 2 Feb 202614 Carr Gate Crescent Carr Gate Wakefield WF2 0QR
Received 2 Feb 202633-35 Ferrybridge Road Pontefract WF8 2PD
Received 2 Feb 2026Chevet Levels Farm Chevet Lane Wakefield WF2 6PT
Received 2 Feb 2026Springstone House Dewsbury Road Ossett Wakefield WF5 9LR
Received 2 Feb 202666 Jenkin Road Horbury Wakefield WF4 6DT.
Received 2 Feb 20264 Woodland Grove Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7EP
Received 3 Feb 2026122-124 New Road Middlestown Wakefield WF4 4NU
Received 3 Feb 2026Records 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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