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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.
3,574 approved · 352 refused · 179 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pony Paddocks Whinney Lane Streethouse Pontefract WF7 6DD
Received 7 Aug 20255-9 Wood Street Wakefield WF1 2EL
Received 8 Aug 2025Land off Hardwick Road, Pontefract
Received 8 Aug 2025Kellingley Social Centre Marine Villa Road Knottingley WF11 8ER
Received 8 Aug 202525 Carlyle Road Castleford WF10 3BA
Received 11 Aug 2025LAND SOUTH OF WAKEFIELD B SUBSTATION AND EAST OF NEIL FOX WAY, WAKEFIELD, WF1 5DB
Received 11 Aug 2025Land South Of Wakefield Road Pontefract WF8 4HW
Received 11 Aug 2025Caltons Caravan Storage Wakefield Road Featherstone Pontefract WF7 5BP
Received 12 Aug 2025Birkwood Farm Birkwood Road Normanton WF6 2JE
Received 13 Aug 20257 Park Farm Gardens South Kirkby Pontefract WF9 3AF
Received 13 Aug 202520 The Balk Walton Wakefield WF2 6JU
Received 13 Aug 202521 Lamb Inn Road Knottingley WF11 8AU
Received 14 Aug 2025Jackies Florist 19 - 21 Gillygate Pontefract WF8 1PH
Received 14 Aug 2025Yankin Villa Ninevah Lane Badsworth Pontefract WF9 1AW
Received 15 Aug 2025Land Adj. Carr Lane Cemetery South Kirkby WF9 3RX
Received 18 Aug 2025106 Carlton Street Castleford WF10 1EE
Received 19 Aug 202535 - 37 High Street Normanton WF6 2AF
Received 19 Aug 202561 Cow Lane Havercroft Wakefield WF4 2EX
Received 19 Aug 2025Pinderfields General Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4DG
Received 20 Aug 2025Land Rear Of Park Balk Farm Womersley Road Knottingley WF11 0DQ
Received 20 Aug 202526 Hamel Rise Hemsworth Pontefract WF9 4LL
Received 21 Aug 2025Milton House 25 Milton Street Wakefield WF2 8TL
Received 21 Aug 2025Jubilee Gardens Land At Snowhill Wakefield WF1 2FP
Received 21 Aug 2025Welbeck Landfill Site Boundary Lane Normanton WF6 2JA
Received 21 Aug 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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