Waterton Park Golf Club The Balk Walton Wakefield WF2 6QL Data via plota.co.uk

26/01559/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Siting of a temporary WC and shower/welfare unit (replacing two existing WC units) with associated non-mains foul drainage holding tank, for a temporary period of five years Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 22:03

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Application progress

✓

Received

27 Aug 2026

✓

Consultation

9 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 22 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 22 Oct 2026 and 4 Nov 2026, from Wakefield's recent full applications.

Comments are open until 8 Oct 2026

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Documents 3

Statements & assessments 1

PDF DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT & PLANNING STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 8

Green belt: South and West Yorkshire

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Public footpath 23 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Registered park or garden 42 m away: Waterton Park, Walton, Wakefield

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

1 listed building within 150 m

Nearest: Barnsley Canal Walton Hall Canal Bridge, Grade II, 53 m away

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.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat 26 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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.

Building

Floor area947 m² (10,193 sq ft)

Energy ratingB (asset rating 34)

UseGeneral Assembly and Leisure, Night Clubs, and Theatres

HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2024, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Wakefield
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: WF2 6QL
Received: 27 Aug 2026
Validated: 27 Aug 2026
Ward: Crofton, Ryhill And Walton
Parish: Walton
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 22 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 43 of the 56-day target. Wakefield usually decides full applications by day 61.

prediction

Day 4318 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 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15188957
Planning Portal ref: PP-15188957
Consultation: 9 Sept 2026
Comments by: 8 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 16 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 22 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

3 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Refused

Fell T1 Ash

24/01729/TPO 26 Nov 2024

2019 Approved

Partial demolition of existing extension, construction of new extension and covered balco…

19/01541/FUL 30 Aug 2019

2018 Approved

Permission to demolish the existing extension with balcony on the clubhouse and construct…

18/02082/FUL 23 Nov 2018

Wakefield

Planning Authority Score

3.6/10

Below average

#217 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.