74 New Road Middlestown Wakefield WF4 4NT Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of Use Commercial to Dwelling Houses, 1st Floor to 8No. Apartments Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 26 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026
Documents 11
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 3
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 5
Associated applications 2
Site constraints 7
Show all 2 with distances
- 56 mMilepost Adjacent to White Swan Public HouseGrade II
- 71 m60,60a,62,64, New RoadGrade II
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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £400,000 in February 2026. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2025, 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
- Class E to C3
- Postcode
- WF4 4NT
- Received
- 15 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 15 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Wakefield Rural
- Parish
- Sitlington
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 27 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Prior Approval Required and Granted
- Decision date
- 26 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Forward Planning & Design Ltd
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 101 days from validation, 72 days slower than Wakefield's median of 29 for prior approvals. Approved, as 95% of prior approvals here are.
Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Wakefield in the last twelve months, from validation. Wakefield decision record →
Public comments
Last counted 7 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14466662
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14466662
- Consultation
- 18 Feb 2026
- Comments by
- 11 Mar 2026
- Site or press notice
- 25 Feb 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 9 Feb 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
5 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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.
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.
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