Lr4 18 - 22 Laburnum Road Wakefield WF1 3QS Data via plota.co.uk

26/01670/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Installation of room cooling air conditioning unit internally with external wall-mounted condenser. No change of use. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Sept 2026
✓
Consultation
17 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 9 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 9 Nov 2026 and 22 Nov 2026, from Wakefield's recent full applications.

Comments are open until 22 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 5

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Air quality management area: Wakefield City AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 2 and 4 Wentworth Terrace, Grade II, about 53 m from the postcode pin · 8 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Inside the Wakefield built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Wakefield
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
WF1 3QS
Received
14 Sept 2026
Validated
14 Sept 2026
Ward
Wakefield North
Parish
North Wakefield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Agent
West Yorkshire Police

Decision outlook

Day 25 of the 56-day target. Wakefield usually decides full applications by day 61.

Day 2536 days to the predicted decision (day 61)
45%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
517decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Wakefield in the last twelve months, from validation. Wakefield decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15150822
Planning Portal ref
PP-15150822
Consultation
17 Sept 2026
Comments by
22 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
1 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
Wakefield
Planning Authority Score
3.6/10
Below average
#217 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Wakefield is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #223 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 56% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Wakefield decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #95 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #94 of 296
53%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #223 of 296
56%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #256 of 296
89%
Minor dwellings approved
79 decided (1-9 homes)
92%
Major dwellings approved
24 decided (10+ homes)
85%
Change of use approved
74 decided
1,084
Total decisions
88 refused in the year to March 2026