First And Second Floor 20 St Johns North Wakefield WF1 3QA Data via plota.co.uk

26/01700/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision
Change of useNew homesCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use from vacant (E(e) use ) hair clinic use to a dwelling house (C3 use) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Sept 2026
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Consultation
29 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 13 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 14 Nov 2026 and 2 Dec 2026, from Wakefield's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 5 Nov 2026

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Documents 3

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Design and Access Statement Design and Access Statement · 21 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Heritage Statement Heritage Statement · 21 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 18 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Grade II* listed: 2-24 St John's North
List entry 1258492 · 28 m away · 5 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 4 Grade II)
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 ↗
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.
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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. 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 3QA
Received
18 Sept 2026
Validated
18 Sept 2026
Ward
Wakefield North
Parish
North Wakefield
Case officer
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Target decision
13 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Agent
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Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 21 of the 56-day target. Wakefield usually decides changes of use by day 71.

Day 2150 days to the predicted decision (day 71)
38%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
80decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Wakefield in the last twelve months, from validation. Wakefield decision record →

Public comments

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Last counted 30 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14715232
Planning Portal ref
PP-14715232
Consultation
29 Sept 2026
Comments by
5 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
15 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
13 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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20 St Johns North Wakefield WF1 3QA
change of use from D1 hair clinic use to form C2 residential institution use
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Replacement of existing windows on rear elevation facing Andrew Street with Georgian styl…
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2018 Approved
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change of use from vacant B1 offices to 10no C3 apartments
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2018 Approved
8-14 St Johns North Wakefield WF1 3QA
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.