Planning application
Ferrybridge Mfe Limited Kirkhaw Lane Knottingley WF11 8RD
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Variation of conditions 2 (approved plans), 3 (archaeology), 4 (biodiversity gain plan) and 5 (works adjacent the A1(M)) of Planning application 25/00469/FUL which granted full planning permission for the development of two switching substations (switchyards) and underground direct current (DC) cables and associated development at Ferrybridge 1 and Ferrybridge 2 Energy from Waste Plants, Fryston Lane, Knottingley, West Yorkshire, WF11 8DX, to change the design of the switchyards
As published by the council, reference 25/00469/S7301
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00469/S7301
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 9 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 19 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Knottingley
- Parish
- Knottingley
- Postcode
- WF11 8RD
Comment by 9 November 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Wakefield through their own planning portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Wakefield register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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26/01448/ADV Decided
Ferrybridge Mfe Limited Kirkhaw Lane Knottingley WF11 8RD
Gantry/Totem Signage
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Oct 2026
Received by Wakefield
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19 Oct 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 14 December 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Wakefield took a median of 79 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 25/00469/FUL (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Savills (UK) Ltd Agent, registered in London
Active · incorporated 1991 · London
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
- LOCATION/BLOCK PLAN
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- GEOTECHNICAL STATEMENT OF INTENT
- LOCATION PLAN
- WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION
- FB1 SUBSTATION SECTIONS
- FB2 SUBSTATION SECTIONS
- FB2 CRB METERING ROOM & AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER ELEVATIONS
- FB1 CRB METERING ROOM & AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER ELEVATIONS
- FB2 SWITCHYARD LAYOUT
- FB1 SWITCHYARD LAYOUT
- FENCING AND GATE DETAILS
- COVER LETTER
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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