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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.
4,543 approved · 413 refused · 222 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Apr 2006 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Nestle Site Wheldon Road Castleford WF10 2JN
Received 25 Jun 2026Former Nestle Site Wheldon Road Castleford WF10 2JN
Received 25 Jun 2026Pontefract Squash And Leisure Centre Stuart Road Pontefract WF8 4PQ
Received 25 Jun 2026Downland Crescent (Land Off) Knottingley WF11 0EJ
Received 25 Jun 2026Woodlands Bretton Lane Crigglestone Wakefield WF4 3ER
Received 25 Jun 20267 Fearnsides Close Horbury Wakefield West Yorkshire WF4 6LW
Received 25 Jun 2026City Fields District Centre Land At Neil Fox Way Wakefield
Received 25 Jun 20262 Agbrigg Grove Wakefield WF2 6AD
Received 26 Jun 2026Northgate Surgery Northgate Pontefract WF8 1NF
Received 26 Jun 202635 Milnthorpe Drive Wakefield WF2 7HU
Received 26 Jun 20262 Doncaster Road East Hardwick Pontefract WF8 3EQ
Received 26 Jun 2026Former Coal Yard, Ferrybridge 'C' Power Station Ferrybridge Kirkhaw Lane Knottingley
Received 26 Jun 2026Land Adj To 7 Ridings Court Lofthouse Wakefield WF3 3JJ
Received 26 Jun 2026The Old Court House Wood Street Wakefield WF1 2EL
Received 26 Jun 2026121 Horbury Road Wakefield WF2 8TY
Received 29 Jun 202627 Buckthorne Road Normanton Wakefield WF6 2FH
Received 29 Jun 202649 Mackie Road Crigglestone Wakefield Wakefield WF4 3FS
Received 27 Jun 2026St Oswald Cricket Club Garmil Lane Wragby Wakefield WF4 1QU
Received 29 Jun 20265 Strands Court Netherton Wakefield WF4 4JB
Received 29 Jun 202626 Plumpton Crescent Castleford Wakefield WF10 5ZD
Received 29 Jun 2026Denby Grange School Stocksmoor Road Midgley Wakefield WF4 4JG
Received 29 Jun 202620 Duke Of York Street Wakefield WF1 3PD
Received 29 Jun 20266 Lodge Farm Gardens Altofts Normanton WF6 2NP
Received 29 Jun 202627 Verner Street Featherstone Pontefract WF7 5PD
Received 29 Jun 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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