Planning application
18 - 22 Westgate Wakefield West Yorkshire WF1 1JY
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
External and internal alterations in association with change of use to 1no. 5-bedroom (5 person) House of Multiple Occupancy on first floor and 1no. 4-bedroom (4 person) House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) on second floor and retention of ground floor commercial use.
As published by the council, reference 25/02267/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02267/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Application Approved
- Received
- 2 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 2 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 7 May 2026
- Ward
- Wakefield North
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WF1 1JY
Site history
Applications at this address on the Wakefield register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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25/02268/FUL Granted
18 - 22 Westgate Wakefield West Yorkshire WF1 1JY
Change of use to 1no. 5-bedroom (5 person) House of Multiple Occupancy on first floor and 1no. 4-bedroom (4 person) House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) on second floor including alterations and retention of ground floor commercial use.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Dec 2025
Received by Wakefield
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7 May 2026
Decision issued: Application Approved
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19 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
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