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Planning performance · official MHCLG data
91.7% of applications approved
Ranks #88 of 310 UK authorities · national average 87.1% · rolling 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Decision speed (% in time), approval trends back to 1979, application-type mix and live market activity are available on paid plans.
Planning appeals · HM Planning Inspectorate
33.1% of appeals overturn this council
Ranks #218 of 371 for decisions upheld · national average 32.0% · 239 appeals decided
Overturn rate = appeals allowed ÷ decided (lower is better). Procedure mix and the year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
Property market · HM Land Registry
£205,000 median sale price
+2.2% year on year · 4,117 sales in the last 12 months
Area-level (the whole authority), standard sales, median not average. Breakdown by property type and the 10-year trend are available on paid plans.
Energy performance · EPC certificates
43.2% of homes rated EPC C or above
Ranks #218 of 318 most efficient · national average 46.6% · 173,850 certificates
% rated C or above (higher is better). The A–G band distribution and year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
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| Reference | Address | Description | Type | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/01119/SUB01 | Common Side Farm Old Snydale Pontefract | Discharge of condition 3 (verification report), condition 4 (biodiversity enhancement plan/drawing), and condition 5… | Dischargeconditions | 29 Sept 2026 |
| 26/01753/ADV | Denby Dale Road Wakefield | 1no digital display screen | Advertisement | 29 Sept 2026 |
| 26/01755/FUL | 2A Woodland Rise Wakefield | Erection of detached outbuilding to create dwelling forming annex accommodation | Fullplanning | 29 Sept 2026 |
| 26/01743/FUL | Northfield Hotel Holmsley Lane South Kirkby Pontefract | Conversion of Public House to 7 flats and erection of 5 townhouses. | Fullplanning | 28 Sept 2026 |
| 26/01739/CPL | 51 Potovens Lane Lofthouse Wakefield | Single storey side extension | Lawfuldevelopment | 28 Sept 2026 |
| 26/01737/FUL | 2 Ackworth House Close Ackworth Pontefract | Adding solar panels to an existing south facing roof in a conservation area | Fullplanning | 28 Sept 2026 |
| 26/01748/FUL | 6 Cromwell Crescent Pontefract | Single storey extension to front. | Householder | 28 Sept 2026 |
| 26/01742/FUL | Woodall Cottage Hemsworth Pontefract | Detached garage | Fullplanning | 28 Sept 2026 |
| 26/01745/TPO | 46 School Lane Walton Wakefield | Sycamore Tree - Remove low southwestern limb in its entirety back to its point of origin on the main stem. | Treeworks | 28 Sept 2026 |
| 24/02022/NMC02 | Land At Buckthorne Road Normanton Wakefield | Non-material amendment to consent ref no. 24/02022/FUL (dated 14.07.2026) (for the erection of 137 dwellings and… | Other | 25 Sept 2026 |
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We index every application published on Wakefield’s planning portal (Idox Public Access) and refresh several times per day. The original portal:
https://planning.wakefield.gov.uk/online-applicationsNewest application received 29 Sept 2026.
This page lists the latest applications received by Wakefield, updated several times a day. A free PlanNexus account searches the full archive of 127,285 indexed applications by postcode, date, status and type, and includes 1,000 requests a month plus email alerts. PlanNexus is independent of Wakefield — we index what the council publishes and add the decisions, approval rates and appeal outcomes the register itself doesn't show. The council's own portal is linked above.
PlanNexus indexes Wakefield's planning register several times a day. The newest application on record was received 29 Sept 2026.
91.7% of Wakefield's planning applications were approved over the rolling 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2, against a national average of 87.1% (official MHCLG figures).
33.1% of appeals against Wakefield decisions were allowed by the Planning Inspectorate, against a national average of 32.0%, across 239 decided appeals.
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