Planning application
51 Weeland Road Knottingley WF11 8BE
Works: Windows or glazing
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Subdivision of ground floor to form cafe unit with new shop front and conversion of the upper floors to form 5 Bed HMO
As published by the council, reference 26/01265/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01265/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 15 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 15 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Knottingley
- Parish
- Knottingley
- Postcode
- WF11 8BE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Jul 2026
Received by Wakefield
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 9 September 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 63 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Optimum Design Agent, a design practice
Dissolved · incorporated 2004
34 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils · 85% granted
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
- WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE DOCO
- WAKEFIELD COUNCIL STRATEGIC HOUSING
- HIGHWAYS DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT WAKEFIELD COUNCIL
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT V3
- KITCHEN ODOUR ASSESSMENT
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Wakefield for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Wakefield decided full applications in a median of 80 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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