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Compulsory Purchase Orders – a legal function in the United Kingdom and Ireland that allows certain bodies which need to obtain land or property to do so without the consent of the owner.

Settlement boundaries as defined in the Site Specific Policies Local Plan adopted 12 September 2012. In principle appropriate development will be acceptable within settlement boundaries and...

Registered Common Land and Village Greens within the Wakefield district

Dataset showing Wildlife Habitat Networks within the Wakefield District as defined in the Site Specific Policies Local Plan adopted 12 September 2012. The Council has designated Local Wildlife...

Smoke Control Areas in the Wakefield Council district to control smoke emissions from chimneys: only "smokeless" fuel should be used on heating appliances serving properties in these areas.

Small settlements located in the Green Belt as defined in the Site Specific Policies Local Plan adopted 12 September 2012. Small settlement boundaries in the Green Belt where limited infill...

Major Developed Sites in the Green Belt as defined in the Site Specific Policies Local Plan adopted 12 September 2012. Within these defined sites limited infilling or redevelopment is not...

Sites for waste management of municipal, commercial and industrial waste as defined in the Waste Development Plan Document adopted 9 December 2009.

Dataset showing Tree Preservation Orders within the Wakefield District. A Tree Preservation Order (TPO) is an order made by the local planning authority in respect of trees or woodlands. The...

District-wide Landscape Character Types as defined in the Landscape Character Assessment dated October 2004.

Land Reclamation sites as defined in the Site Specific Policies Local Plan adopted 12 September 2012. Sites subject to restoration proposals and works.

Mineral Reserves as defined in the Site Specific Policies Local Plan Adopted 12 September 2012. It is important to protect essential mineral infrastructure and safeguard mineral resources from...

Mineral Safeguarding Areas as defined in the Site Specific Policies Local Plan Adopted 12 September 2012. It is important to protect essential mineral infrastructure and safeguard mineral...

Allotment sites managed by Wakefield council – not including any parish or privately maintained sites

Article 4 directions are used to control works that could threaten the character of an area of acknowledged importance, such as a conservation area. Dataset as of 26.6.15.

Wakefield Council has declared a number of Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) for locations where monitoring has identified that levels of nitrogen dioxide, primarily from road transport, exceed...