Wakefield Metropolitan District Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council decided more than 1,800 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 10% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 59 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on Wakefield Metropolitan District Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Recent major decisions
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21 October 2026 · Refused
Change of use of former offices to 13 apartments
Millennium House Station Lane Featherstone Pontefract WF7 5BA · 26/01576/COUMA
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6 October 2026 · Approved
Former Castle Grove Infants School Pinfold Lane Wakefield WF2 7LN · 26/00264/FUL
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16 September 2026 · Approved
Change of use under prior notification Class MA from offices to 46 residential apartments.
White Rose House West Parade Wakefield WF1 1LT · 26/01314/COUMA
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24 August 2026 · Approved
Land West Of Wakefield Road, Normanton · 24/01256/FUL
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11 August 2026 · Approved
Land Off Station Road Altofts WF6 2NB · 23/00322/NMC04
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14 July 2026 · Approved
Erection of 137 dwellings and associated site infrastructure, open space and landscaping
Land At Buckthorne Road Normanton Wakefield · 24/02022/FUL
Figures for Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
| Applications decided | more than 1,800 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 10%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 59 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | Not enough typed decisions |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | more than 180 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 34%about one in three |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | more than 440plan adopted 2024 |
What inspectors decide appeals on
In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Wakefield Metropolitan District Council’s planning applications.
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“The main issues of this appeal are: • The effects of the proposed development on highway and/or pedestrian safety; • The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of existing neighbouring occupiers on Lime Street and Station Road…”
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“The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.”
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“The main issues are (i) whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) and any relevant development plan policies; (ii) the effect of the proposed development on the…”
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“The main issues are: • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies; • The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt…”
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“The main issues in this appeal are: • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies; • The effect of the development on…”
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.