Land Off Hardcastle Lane Flockton Wakefield Data via plota.co.uk

26/01556/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Change of use of agricultural buildings to equestrian use (stables, hay store and tack room) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 10:08

Application progress

✓

Received

27 Aug 2026

✓

Validated

4 Sept 2026

✓

Consultation

11 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 30 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 31 Oct 2026 and 18 Nov 2026, from Wakefield's recent changes of use.

The consultation period closed on 22 Oct 2026.

Documents 2

Statements & assessments 1

PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Planning Statement · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

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 2

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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
Received: 27 Aug 2026
Validated: 4 Sept 2026
Ward: Wakefield Rural
Parish: Sitlington
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 30 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: JR Planning

Decision outlook

Day 54 of the 56-day target. Wakefield usually decides changes of use by day 71.

prediction

Day 5417 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

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15181395
Planning Portal ref: PP-15181395
Neighbours: 11 Sept 2026
Consultation: 11 Sept 2026
Comments by: 22 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 16 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 30 Oct 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