Wakefield College Thornes Park Centre Horbury Road Wakefield WF2 8QZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01659/ADV - Application to Display Adverts Awaiting decision
Signs & adverts

Proposal

Non-illuminated signage scheme comprising 7no. post-mounted, 9no. wall-mounted and 29no. lighting column-mounted signs Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Sept 2026
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Consultation
23 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 6 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 6 Nov 2026, from Wakefield's recent signs and adverts.

Comments are open until 22 Oct 2026

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Documents 3

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Design and Access Statement Design and Access Statement · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Heritage Statement Heritage Statement · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Registered park or garden: Thornes Park
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
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.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Inside the Wakefield built-up area; Priority habitat 20 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,400,000 in November 2018. Other property, freehold.

30 November 2018£1,400,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Wakefield
Application type
Application to Display Adverts
Postcode
WF2 8QZ
Received
11 Sept 2026
Validated
11 Sept 2026
Ward
Wakefield West
Parish
North Wakefield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Freehold owner
Show

Decision outlook

Day 28 of the 56-day target. Wakefield usually decides signs and adverts by day 56.

Day 2828 days to the 56-day target
57%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
42decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Wakefield in the last twelve months, from validation. Wakefield decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 1 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15202470
Planning Portal ref
PP-15202470
Consultation
23 Sept 2026
Comments by
22 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
29 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
6 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
discharge of condition 3 (Cycle Storage) from approved application 21/02235/FUL
21/02235/SUB01
2021 Refused
Full planning permission for change of use from a F1 (Non-residential institution) to a f…
21/02235/FUL
2018 Approved
Upgrade to the existing rooftop telecommunications apparatus and associated works
18/01838/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Withdrawn
Wakefield College Thornes Park Centre, School Bungalow Horbury Road Wakefield WF2 8QZ
Single storey extension to rear, raising of roof height to create dormers to front and re…
19/01874/FUL
Wakefield
Planning Authority Score
3.6/10
Below average
#217 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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 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.