Unit 4 Park Street Wakefield WF1 4EJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01823/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision
Change of useSchools, care & communityCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use from General Industrial (Class B2) and Storage and Distribution (Class B8) to a gym (Class E(d), indoor sport, recreation or fitness). No external alterations are proposed. Opening hours 06:00 to 22:00, seven days a week. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Oct 2026
✓
Consultation
15 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 7 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 8 Dec 2026 and 26 Dec 2026, from Wakefield's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 11 Nov 2026

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Documents 6

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Planning Statement Planning Statement · 10 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF ASSESSMENT Flood Risk/Run Off Impact Assessment · 10 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 10 Oct 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LTD TOWN PLANNING Consultee Comment · 15 Oct 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Site Notice Site Notice · 15 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN CODE Supporting Documentation · 10 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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 ↗
Public footpath 13 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.
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 ↗
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 ↗
4 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: The Wakefield Arms, Grade II, 57 m away · 3 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
Scheduled monument 162 m away: Wakefield Bridge; Inside the Wakefield built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 15 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 area129 m² (1,389 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (asset rating 118)
UseOffices and Workshop Businesses
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 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
Full Application
Postcode
WF1 4EJ
Received
12 Oct 2026
Validated
12 Oct 2026
Ward
Wakefield East
Parish
North Wakefield
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Dec 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 16 of the 56-day target. Wakefield usually decides changes of use by day 71.

Day 1655 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.

Last counted 22 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15206486
Planning Portal ref
PP-15206486
Consultation
15 Oct 2026
Comments by
11 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
21 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
7 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

20 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

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2019 Approved
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2016 Withdrawn
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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

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.