Planning application
Beatrice Taylor House, Gilbert Wilkinson House, Lewis Walsh House & Thomas Hill House Horsefair Pontefract
Works: New dwelling Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Planning application for the demolition of 4no. blocks of mid-rise flats (Beatrice Taylor House, Gilbert Wilson House, Lewis Walsh house & Thomas Hill House) at Horsefair, Pontefract
As published by the council, reference 26/01770/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01770/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 2 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 2 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Pontefract North
- Parish
- Pontefract
Comment by 27 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Wakefield through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Oct 2026
Received by Wakefield
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6 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 27 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 79 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- PROPOSED BOUNDARY PLAN POST DEMOLITION
- PROPOSED BOUNDARY PLAN DURING DEMOLITION
- EXTENT OF DEMOLITION SITE PLAN
- LOCATION PLAN
- THOMAS HILL HOUSE EXISTING ELEVATIONS AND FLOOR PLANS
- LEWIS HOUSE EXISTING ELEVATIONS AND FLOOR PLANS
- TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY
- GILBERT HOUSE EXISTING ELEVATIONS AND FLOOR PLANS
- BEATRICE EXISTING ELEVATIONS AND FLOOR PLANS
- BASELINE METRIC 02-10-2026
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGY APPRAISAL - 02-10-2026
- DEMO ENVIRO MANAGEMENT PLAN E6368
- DEMO METHOD STATEMENTS E6368
- METRIC_CONDITION_ASSESSMENTS - JULY_2025
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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 99 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
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