Planning application
Ackworth Garden Centre Barnsley Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7BS
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
The demolition of the existing garden centre building and the erection of a replacement store, together with associated parking, landscaping and infrastructure.
As published by the council, reference 26/01650/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01650/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 10 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 17 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Ackworth, North Elmsall And Upton
- Parish
- Ackworth
- Postcode
- WF7 7BS
Comment by 8 October 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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26/01401/TEL Awaiting decision
Ackworth Garden Centre Barnsley Road Ackworth Pontefract WF7 7BS
The removal of an existing 12.5m monopole and replaced with proposed 20m high monopole, removal of existing 9no. RRUs and replaced with proposed 18no. RRUs, removal of existing 3no. cabinets and replaced with proposed 3no. cabinets, and removal of existing 3no. antennas and replaced with proposed 9no. antennas.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Sep 2026
Received by Wakefield
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17 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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17 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 12 November 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
Stantec PLC Agent, registered in Warrington
Active · incorporated 2024 · Warrington
340 applications on PlanIndex · across 107 councils · 93% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
23 documents on file for this application
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- PROPOSED BUILDING PLAN & ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- EXISTING SITE ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE ELEVATIONS
- (BSMA)
- TREE REPORT
- (ACKWORTH-PEA)
- LOCATION PLAN
- SUSTAINABILITY & ENERGY STATEMENT_(8505822)
- LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN
- DETAILED HARD & SOFT LANDSCAPE PROPOSALS
- LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT PLAN
- LIGHTING REPORT
- LIGHTING
- TOPOGRAPHICAL
- BUILDING ELEVATIONS
- BUILDING FLOOR PLANS
- TS (FEB 2026) [ADL
- BIODIVERSITY STATUTORY METRIC READ ONLY
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT FINAL COMBINED
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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