Previously, two hours of free parking had been put in place at off-street car parks in Wakefield at the start of the Covid pandemic in April 2020. But charges were reintroduced in April 2023 to tackle ...

Plans have been submitted to convert a listed building in Wakefield city centre from a place of worship into apartments.

The proposal includes creating 11 new homes within Victoria Chambers, on Wood Street. The property, which is opposite Wakefield Town Hall and the city’s Mechanics’ Institute building, was originally ...

IMPACTS TO THE COMMUNITY. WE WENT TO A DEFAULT BUDGET, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME WAKEFIELD’S EVER GONE THROUGH THAT. THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS $7.6 MILLION, $800,000 MORE THAN LAST YEAR. BUT THAT PROPOSAL ...

A former call centre is to be converted into a mosque after planning permission was granted. The building on Tadman Street in Wakefield was previously occupied by water and energy firm Kingspan, but ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Town Made, the state's newest commercial kitchen in Wakefield, secured one of 96 United States Department of Agriculture local food promotion grants. The $482,070 grant promotes ...