Planning application
Darrington Quarry Stubbs Lane Knottingley WF11 0AH
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Proposed westerly lateral extension (FCC West) to the existing Darrington Magnesian Limestone Quarry (FCC Central and FCC East).
As published by the council, reference 26/00603/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00603/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 10 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 11 May 2026
- Ward
- Knottingley
- Postcode
- WF11 0AH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Wakefield register
This site has had 3 applications since 2022.
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13/02320/S7301 Awaiting decision
Darrington Quarry Stubbs Lane Knottingley WF11 0AH
Variation of condition 3 (restoration timescales), 4 (approved plans) and 41 (scheme of restoration) pursuant to approved planning application 13/02320/FUL which granted permission to revise the working depth of permitted quarry workings (20.01.2014) to permit additional time for the mineral extraction and restoration of the site and to change the restoration scheme.
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22/01327/EIASC Awaiting decision
Darrington Quarry Stubbs Lane Knottingley Wf11 0AH
Request for a Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15 of The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) in respect of proposed lateral extension to Darrington Hall Quarry: Northern Extension [Wakefield Phase] (C. 14 hectares) - North-Western Extension [Methley Phase] (C. 9 hectares)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Apr 2026
Received by Wakefield
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11 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 July 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 78 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
137 documents on file for this application
- WAKEFIELD COUNCIL ECOLOGIST
- LAND QUALITY WAKEFIELD COUNCIL
- NORTH YORKSHIRE RESPONSE
- WAKEFIELD COUNCIL PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY
- YORKSHIRE WATER
- NETWORK RAIL
- WAKEFIELD COUNCIL URBAN DESIGNER
- WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE DOCO
- WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE DOCO
- WMDC HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT
- THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- WAKEFIELD COUNCIL PUBLIC HEALTH
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- WYAAS
- NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
- NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
- WAKEFIELD COUNCIL DRAINAGE
- HSE
- THE COAL AUTHORITY
- CALCULATIONS
- COVER LETTER REDACTED
- APPLICATION FORM REDACTED
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED SCHEME DESIGN
- PROPOSED RESTORATION SCHEME
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- ES NTS_FINAL
- FIGURE 1.1 - SITE LOCATION PLAN
- FIGURE 1.2 - PLANNING HISTORY
- FIGURE 1.3 - SITE CONTEXT
- FIGURE 4.1 - PROPOSED FCC WEST SCHEME DESIGN
- FIGURE 4.2 - PROPOSED SCHEME OF PHASING (FCC EAST FCC CENTRAL AND FCC WEST)
- FIGURE 4.3 - PROPOSED RESTORATION SCHEME (FCC WEST)
- FIGURE 4.3A - PROPOSED RESTORATION SCHEME (FCC EAST FCC CENTRAL AND FCC WEST)
- ES MAIN REPORT_FINAL
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- PLANNING HISTORY
- SITE CONTEXT
- FIGURE 3.1 - CUMULATIVE SITES WITHIN 1KM
- PROPOSED FCC WEST SCHEME DESIGN
- PROPOSED SCHEME OF PHASING
- FIGURE 4.2A - PROPOSED PHASE 1 EXTRACTION
- FIGURE 4.2B - PROPOSED PHASE 2 EXTRACTION
- FIGURE 4.2C - PROPOSED PHASE 3 EXTRACTION
- FIGURE 4.2D - PROPOSED PHASE 4 EXTRACTION
- FIGURE 4.2E - PROPOSED PHASE 5 INFILLING
- PROPOSED RESTORATION SCHEME
- PROPOSED RESTORATION SCHEME
- FIGURE 4.3B - RESTORATION CROSS SECTIONS
- FIGURE 4.4 - GEOLOGICAL CROSS SECTIONS (ILLUSTRATING WATER TABLE)
- FIGURE 4.5 - EXISTING STUBBS LANE PROCESSING SITE (WHICH BENEFITS FROM AN ESTABL
- FIGURE 6.1A LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL CONTEXT
- FIGURE 6.1B ZONE OF THEORETICAL VISIBILITY
- FIGURE 6.2A VIEWPOINT 1 EXISTING VIEW
- FIGURE 6.2B (I) VIEWPOINT 2 EXISTING VIEW (SHEET 1)
- FIGURE 6.2B (II) VIEWPOINT 2 EXISTING VIEW (SHEET 2)
- FIGURE 6.2C (I) VIEWPOINT 3 EXISTING VIEW (SHEET 1)
- FIGURE 6.2C (II) VIEWPOINT 3 EXISTING VIEW (SHEET 2)
- FIGURE 6.2D (I) VIEWPOINT 4 EXISTING VIEW (SHEET 1)
- FIGURE 6.2D (II) VIEWPOINT 4 EXISTING VIEW (SHEET 2)
- FIGURE 6.2E VIEWPOINT 5 EXISTING VIEW
- FIGURE 6.2F VIEWPOINT 7 EXISTING
- FIGURE 6.2G VIEWPOINT 8 EXISTING
- FIGURE 6.2H VIEWPOINT 9 EXISTING VIEW
- FIGURE 6.3A (I) VIEWPOINT 2 EXISTING VIEW
- FIGURE 6.3A (II) VIEWPOINT 2 PHOTOMONTAGE VIEW OPERATIONAL
- FIGURE 6.3A (III) VIEWPOINT 2 PHOTOMONTAGE VIEW RESTORED
- FIGURE 6.3B (I) VIEWPOINT 3 EXISTING VIEW
- FIGURE 6.3B (II) VIEWPOINT 3 PHOTOMONTAGE VIEW OPERATIONAL
- FIGURE 6.3B (III) VIEWPOINT 3 PHOTOMONTAGE VIEW RESTORED
- FIGURE 7.1 - BASELINE NOISE MONITORING POSITIONS
- FIGURE 8.1 - DESIGNATED SITES MAP
- FIGURE 8.2 - UK HABITAT CLASSIFICATION BASELINE MAP
- FIGURE 8.3 - UK HABITAT CLASSIFICATION POST-DEVELOPMENT MAP
- FIGURE 8.4 - HABITAT RETENTION PLAN
- FIGURE 8.5 -TREE CONSTRAINTS PLAN
- FIGURE 9.1 - REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL MAP
- FIGURE 9.2 - GEOLOGICAL CROSS SECTIONS
- FIGURE 13.1 - HERITAGE ASSETS WITHIN THE 1KM STUDY AREA
- FIGURE 13.2 - HERITAGE EVENTS WITHIN THE 1KM STUDY AREA
- FIGURE 13.3 - DESIGNATED HERITAGE ASSETS WITHIN THE 1.5 KM STUDY AREA
- FIGURE 13.4 - GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY RESULTS - DATA PLOT
- FIGURE 13.5 - GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY RESULTS - INTERPRETATION
- FIGURE 14.1A - DEPOSITION DUST STUDY AREA
- FIGURE 14.1B - VEHICLE EMISSIONS STUDY AREA
- FIGURE 14.2 - LOCAL AIR QUALITY FEATURES
- FIGURE 14.3 - DUST ASSESSMENT
- PHASED EXTRACTION SCHEME
- PHASED WORKING AT COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATION
- PHASED WORKING SCHEME 1
- PHASED WORKING AFTER 2 YEARS
- PHASED WORKING SCHEME 2
- PHASED WORKING AFTER 4 YEARS
- PHASED WORKING SCHEME 3
- PHASED WORKING AFTER 8 YEARS
- PHASED WORKING SCHEME 4
- PHASED WORKING AFTER 8 YEARS
- PHASED WORKING SCHEME 5
- PHASED WORKING AFTER 10 YEARS
- PHASED WORKING SCHEME 6
- PHASED WORKING AFTER 12 YEARS
- PHASED WORKING SCHEME 7
- PHASED WORKING AFTER 14 YEARS
- PHASED WORKING SCHEME 8
- PHASED WORKING AFTER 16 YEARS
- PHASED WORKING SCHEME 9
- PHASED WORKING AFTER 17 YEARS
- PHASED WORKING AFTER 18 YEARS
- LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PLAN
- LVIA METHODOLOGY
- VISUALISATION METHODOLOGY
- LANDSCAPE EFFECTS
- EFFECTS ON VIEWPOINTS
- BASIC ACOUSTIC TERMINOLOGY
- NOISE SURVEY DETAILS
- BASELINE & SITE NOISE SURVEY RESULTS
- PLANT INVENTORY NOISE LEVELS
- NOISE MAPPING RESULTS
- HABITAT MAP & TARGET RESULTS
- PROPOSED RESTORATION SCHEME
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PHASE 1 DESK STUDY REPORT
- SOILS & AGRICULTURAL QUALITY
- HYDROGEOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- APPENDIX 11-2 GROUNDSURE REPORT
- FLOOD RISK & DRAINAGE ASSESSMENT
- HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- GAZETTEER OF ASSETS & EVENTS
- GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
- AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY
- DUST ASSESSMENT
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