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Planning appeals in Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Wakefield Metropolitan District Council since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 603 planning appeals in Wakefield Metropolitan District Council since 2016, of which 28% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 55 decisions, 27% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 20 weeks. Figures as at 30 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

629

appeals on record since 2016

28%

of decided appeals allowed

20 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 27% allowed

By appeal type

Householder209 decided

27% allowed

Minor223 decided

32% allowed

Major25 decided

40% allowed

Commercial31 decided

32% allowed

Enforcement88 decided

7% allowed

Other46 decided

24% allowed

Not classified7 decided

29% allowed

By procedure

Written representations594 decided

26% allowed

Hearings22 decided

41% allowed

Inquiries13 decided

38% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 47 · 28% allowed 2025 · 70 · 34% allowed 2024 · 60 · 23% allowed 2023 · 52 · 16% allowed 2022 · 72 · 23% allowed 2021 · 48 · 35% allowed 2020 · 65 · 24% allowed 2019 · 63 · 23% allowed 2018 · 53 · 38% allowed 2017 · 81 · 30% allowed 2016 · 18 · 39% allowed

Latest decisions in Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

Dismissed20 October 2026· advert6011847
Ossett News & off Licence, 5-7 Market Place,, Ossett, WF5 8PY
retrospective application for the installation of an ATM and associated signage
Dismissed20 October 20266011837
Ossett News & off Licence, 5-7 Market Place,, Ossett, WF5 8PY
retrospective application for the installation of an ATM and associated signage
Dismissed14 October 2026· advert6013140
67 Dewsbury Road, Wakefield, WF2 9BL
erection of an illuminated 48-sheet poster advertisement display
Allowed14 September 20266006811
Hall Croft House, Castleford Road, Normanton, WF6 2DN
Conversion of existing office building to form beauty hub comprising hairdressing, beauty treatment facilities, sunbeds and gym/pilates area
Notice varied and upheld1 September 20263371510
25 Milton Street, Wakefield, WF2 8TL
Allowed28 August 2026· householder6012006
79, Chevet Lane, Wakefield, WF2 6JE
Building of fence in the front of the property. Addition of electric remote controlled double gate and a pedestrian gate to the fence.
Notice varied and upheld24 August 20263361281
Wragby Grange, Doncaster Road, Wragby, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4 1QX
Dismissed10 August 2026· major6004277
Land At Back Lane, Woolley, Wakefield, WF4 2JT
Extension of existing stable block to form 2no stables and construction of equestrian storage building
Notice varied and upheld6 August 20263363754
Land at Greenfield Road, Normanton, WF6 2JD
Notice upheld24 July 2026· enforcement3375942
Land at Unit 8 Back Grantley Street, Wakefield, WF1 4LG
Without planning permission, the change of use from B8 storage to a vehicle valeting and repairs (B2) use, on the Land
Notice varied and upheld24 July 2026· enforcement3374765
4 Brooksfield, South Kirkby, Pontefract, WF9 3DL
without planning permission, the erection of 1.7m high wall and gate posts, on the Land (as identified in the approximate position shown by the blue line on the attached plan)
Notice varied and upheld16 July 2026· enforcement3360242
2 Storrs Hill Road, Ossett, WF5 0DL
Notice varied and upheld16 July 2026· enforcement3360241
2 Storrs Hill Road, Ossett, WF5 0DL
without planning permission, the construction of a rear conservatory/extension and a raised decking area above 30cm from ground level at the rear of the property on the Land
Allowed10 July 20266006858
Land at, Pontefract Road, Pontefract, WF11 8RJ
change of use of land to a private gypsy and traveller caravan site consisting of 2no pitches each containing a mobile home, a touring caravan, car parking, landscaping, acoustic fence, shared dayroom, play area, kickabout area, demolition of existing stabl e and relocation of stable and associated works and equestrian use of the land
Allowed2 July 2026· major3368025
Land South of Wakefield B Substation, And East of Neil Fox Way, Wakefield, WF1 5DB
construction and operation of a temporary battery energy storage system, formation of an access road, SuDS pond, landscape and ecological enhancements and associated works

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.