High Street, Crofton, Wakefield
Key Features
- Prime Development Plot With Planning Permission
- Planning Approved 9 October 2025 (Ref: 25/01120/FUL)
- Ideal Opportunity For Builders
- Popular Village Location
- Close To Local Amenities
Description
*EXCITING DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY* We estimate the finished apartments to have a RENTAL INCOME of £750 -£800 PCM. A level and WELL POSITIONED DEVELOPMENT PLOT with full planning permission for two apartments, located in a sought after village.
A valuable development opportunity comprising a level building plot with full planning permission for the construction of a two storey building providing two self contained apartments, situated in the heart of this popular and highly desirable village.
We estimate the finished apartments to have a RENTAL INCOME of £750 -£800 PCM.
Full planning permission was granted on 9 October 2025 under reference 25/01120/FUL for the erection of a two storey building for residential use as two apartments. The plot benefits from a frontage of approximately 12 metres onto High Street, together with a return frontage of around 21 metres onto Hare Park View. All main services are available within the adjacent highway.
The approved scheme provides for a two storey building comprising a ground floor apartment extending to approximately 52 sq. metres and a first floor apartment extending to approximately 55 sq. metres. The plans also include a front parking area together with associated landscaping.
Crofton is a sought after village offering a good range of local shops, schools and recreational facilities. A wider selection of amenities can be found in the nearby city centre of Wakefield, which benefits from a mainline railway station and convenient access to the national motorway network.
Viewings - To view please contact our Wakefield office and they will be pleased to arrange a suitable appointment.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-02-05
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
- Parking Available
- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
10 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Crofton Infant School47 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Pupils
- 188
- Type
- Academy converter
- Crofton Junior School214 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 231
- Type
- Community school
- Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School634 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 233
- Type
- Community school
- Sharlston Community School1.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 239
- Type
- Academy converter
- Walton Primary Academy1.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 336
- Type
- Academy converter
Secondary
- Crofton Academy173 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,045
- Type
- Academy converter
- St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy2.3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 762
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Outwood Academy Freeston2.8 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 993
- Type
- Academy converter
- Kettlethorpe High School2.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,616
- Type
- Community school
- Outwood Academy City Fields3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 928
- Type
- Academy converter
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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Listing agent
Richard Kendall, Wakefield
66 Northgate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 3AP
Contact Richard Kendall, Wakefield
66 Northgate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 3AP
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