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
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.
As published by the council, reference 25/02268/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02268/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- 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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25/02267/LBC Granted
18 - 22 Westgate Wakefield West Yorkshire WF1 1JY
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.
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
31 documents on file for this application
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Wakefield granted permission on 7 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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