Fresh wave of planning applications unveiled across Wakefield district
Wakefield Council has published a new list of planning applications covering sites across the district, with proposals now open for public comment.
A series of new planning applications have been submitted to Wakefield Council, covering sites across the district and including proposals affecting listed buildings, schools and residential properties.
The applications have been lodged under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) Order 2015, and are now open for public comment.
Among the latest submissions are proposals at Sandal Rugby Union Football Club, Standbridge Lane, Wakefield (Ref: 25/02211/FUL), a listed building consent application at 7 Railway Terrace, Outwood (Ref: 25/02038/LBC), and plans at Fern Cottage, Cardigan Lane, Ossett (Ref: 25/02326/FUL).
Further applications include development proposals at Watson’s Yard in Horbury, Horbury Primary School on Northfield Lane, and residential sites in Ackworth, Streethouses, Woolley, Notton, Normanton and Wakefield city centre.
A number of the submissions are Section 73 applications, seeking variations to previously approved planning permissions, including proposals at Horbury Primary School and land off Mill Lane.
Full details of each application can be viewed on the council’s website at www.wakefield.gov.uk or in person at Wakefield One, Burton Street, Wakefield (WF1 2EB).
Members of the public have 21 days from the date of the notice to submit comments.
By law, all representations will be publicly available online, and contributors are advised not to include personal information they are unwilling to have published.
The notice is dated January 8, 2026, and was issued by Gillian Marshall, Chief Legal Officer, on behalf of Wakefield Council.