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What can I build, and will it pay? The planning rules, what neighbours have built, planning decisions, energy upgrades, and whether extending pays.
| Wakefield Central | Wakefield | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcodes in a conservation area | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| Postcodes under an Article 4 direction | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| Listed buildings | 44 | 8 | 12 |
| Postcodes in a tree preservation order zone | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Flats | 50% | 11% | 22% |
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Old Cathedral Grammar School | II* | 30 m |
| 8, Westmorland Street | II | 130 m |
| 4 and 6, Westmorland Street | II | 130 m |
| Railings on the Northern Boundary of the Cathedral Grounds | II | 130 m |
| 2-10 Northgate | II | 140 m |
| Cathedral Church of All Saints | I | 160 m |
| 9 and 11 Bull Ring | II | 180 m |
| 11 and 13, Kirkgate | II | 190 m |
| 17, Kirkgate | II | 190 m |
| 19 and 21, Kirkgate | II | 190 m |
| 53 and 55, Northgate | II* | 220 m |
| 12 Westgate | II | 230 m |
Nearest 12 shown. Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
planning.data.gov.uk (OGL), Historic England. The rules at one address are on its postcode's Improving page. General guidance, not planning advice.
| Home | Work | Seen | Space added | Rooms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14, Pinderfields Road | Loft conversion | 2026 | +21 m² | 6 → 4 |
| 7, Denstone Street | Extension | 2026 | +21 m² | 3 → 3 |
| 36, Grantley Street | Loft conversion | 2026 | – | 4 → 4 |
| 20a, Arundel Street | Extension | 2026 | +32 m² | 3 → 3 |
| 1, St Marks Street | Loft conversion | 2026 | – | 7 → 4 |
| Raines House, Denby Dale Road | Extension | 2026 | +16 m² | – |
| 78, College Grove Road | Extension | 2026 | +8 m² | 3 → 3 |
| 4, Belgrave Mount | Extension | 2026 | +29 m² | – |
| 14, Belgrave Mount | Extension | 2026 | +21 m² | 5 → 5 |
| 71, Kirkgate | Extension | 2025 | +84 m² | – |
Planning applications outside London aren't published as open data yet, so search the council's own register: the drawings, the decision and the agent are there. Find the council's planning register on GOV.UK ↗
| Wakefield Central | Wakefield | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rated A or B | 22% | 18% | 12% |
| Rated E, F or G | 15% | 13% | 16% |
| Homes on mains gas | 73% | 95% | 86% |
| Gas use per home (kWh a year) | 12,038 | 10,467 | 11,043 |
| Households in fuel poverty | 14% | 11% | 10% |
| Homes built before 1919 | 30% | 15% | 20% |
A home's own recommended upgrades and their costs are on its energy certificate, shown on its page.
MHCLG energy certificates; DESNZ fuel poverty.
Across England and Wales, homes extended by a typical 30 m² and then resold rose about 11.1% more than similar homes nearby over the same years (124,884 resales); in Yorkshire & Humber, 8% (12,484 resales).
Rough build costs and resale evidence, not quotes or a valuation. How extensions pay off by size, type and region.
The money you don't get back either way, for the same extra space in Wakefield Central.
| Stamp duty on the new home | £2,300 |
|---|---|
| Estate agent on yours 1.2% + VAT | £2,736 |
| Solicitors, buying and selling | £3,000 |
| Survey | £600 |
| Removals | £1,500 |
| Money gone | £10,136 |
| Building, plus 15% for design, planning and contingency | £57,500 |
|---|---|
| Less what it adds to your home's value 60% of the local price | −£30,000 |
| Money gone | £27,500 |
On these figures, moving loses about £17,364 less. Moving also changes the area, the schools and the commute; extending means months of building work and depends on planning.
Building costs vary a lot (a single-storey rear extension is often £2,000–£3,000 per m², more in London). How much space adds depends on the home and street: what extensions added to resale prices. A guide, not advice; nothing you type leaves this page.
Where people extend most, and where the planning rules are tighter.
| 39, Lower York Street |
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| Extension |
| 2025 |
| +29 m² |
| – |
| 16, West Parade Street | Extension | 2025 | +29 m² | 3 → 4 |
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| 18, Belgrave Mount | Extension | 2025 | +34 m² | 8 → 7 |
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| 1, Westgate | Extension | 2024 | +25 m² | – |
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| 19, King Street | Extension | 2024 | +16 m² | – |
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| 43, Delamere Gardens | Extension | 2024 | +19 m² | – |
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| 49, Delamere Gardens | Extension | 2024 | +21 m² | – |
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| 33, Duke Of York Street | Extension | 2024 | +17 m² | – |
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| 73, Jacobs Well Lane | Extension | 2024 | +22 m² | – |
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| 125, The Pinnacle, Ings Road | Extension | 2024 | +18 m² | – |
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| 12, New Wells Terrace, Thornhill Street | Extension | 2024 | +18 m² | 1 → 2 |
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| 17, Belgrave Mount | Extension | 2024 | +24 m² | 6 → 3 |
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| 18, Queen Elizabeth Road | Extension | 2024 | +19 m² | 5 → 6 |
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| Grosvenor House, Union Street | Extension | 2023 | +26 m² | – |
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| 48, College Grove Road | Extension | 2023 | +65 m² | – |
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| 16, Grove Road | Extension | 2023 | +365 m² | 6 → 6 |
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| 29, Belgrave Mount | Extension | 2023 | +18 m² | 6 → 5 |
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| Flat 2, 8, St Johns Square | Extension | 2023 | +16 m² | – |
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| 8, Cliff Parade | Loft conversion | 2022 | +12 m² | 5 → 6 |
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| 5, Wentworth Lodge, 3, Wentworth Terrace | Extension | 2022 | +16 m² | – |
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Not every extension shows here. We only see building work when a new energy certificate is lodged, which happens when a home is sold, let or newly built. A loft or extension added since then won't appear, even with planning permission and building control sign-off, because those records aren't published as open data outside London. Missing work doesn't mean missing paperwork.
From energy certificates: an extension where a later certificate shows more floor space, a loft conversion where roof rooms appear.
Sort by any column; open a neighbourhood for the same view.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 76.6% | 94.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 22.9% | 3.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 0.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.