Parkside Hotel Public House (Former) Park Road Pontefract WF8 4QD Data via plota.co.uk

21/02981/S7303 - S73 Planning Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) condition 3 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) condition 5 (Arboricultural Method Statement) condition 6 (levels plan for M4 units) condition 11 (Tree Protection Plan) and condition 12 (Tree planting specification) pursuant to approved planning application which granted planning permission for 'Reserved Matters (Layout, Appearance, Scale and Landscaping) for 129no. dwellings pursuant to outline permission dated 13th December 2024 (for up to 150 residential units (C3) associated car parking, surface water flood mitigation, biodiversity enhancement and vehicular access to/from Park Road and associated works including the construction of a mini-roundabout).' (dated 25.02.2026) to permit changes to the layout, house types, footpaths and drainage. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
10 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
21 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
8 Oct 2026
Decision
Target date was 20 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 20 Oct 2026.

Comments are open until 29 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Associated applications 14

Site constraints 6

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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Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Pontefract built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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
S73 Planning Application
Postcode
WF8 4QD
Received
10 Jul 2026
Validated
21 Jul 2026
Ward
Pontefract North
Parish
Pontefract
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 29 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15075022
Planning Portal ref
PP-15075022
Consultation
8 Oct 2026
Comments by
29 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
6 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
20 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
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