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Copley Primary School Wakefield Road Copley Halifax Calderdale HX3 0TP

17/00211/LAALocal Authority ApplicationApproved

Approved on 22 May 2017

Council decision: Deemed PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The construction of a new primary school on the location of the existing park - phase 1. Upon completion the demolition of the existing primary school building & replacement in this location with the new park - phase 2.

Received
20 February 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
11
Ward
Skircoat
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Copley Primary School Wakefield Road Copley Halifax Calderdale HX3 0TP. Calderdale has handled 34 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Calderdale's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Skircoat. We hold 1,586 applications in total for the HX3 postcode area.

87% of all applications at Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
HX3 0TP
Application type
Local Authority Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Not In A Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2017
Consultation expiry
22 May 2017
Consultation end
22 May 2017
Neighbour consultation start
22 March 2017
Last date for comments
22 May 2017
Target decision date
22 May 2017
Permission expires
22 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
AHR ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
FAO Mr Robin Dixon 7 Brewery Place Brewery Wharf LEEDS LS10 1NE

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 March 2017
Advertisement expiry
7 April 2017
Site notice start
21 March 2017
Site notice end
11 April 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05838335
Documents
49
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Calderdale

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