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The Observatory Greenroyd Close Skircoat Green Halifax West Yorkshire HX3 0JX

20/00580/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 19 August 2020

Council decision: Grant Listed Building ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change french doors to bi-fold doors to rear (Listed Building Consent)

Received
26 May 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Skircoat
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.13 Jul
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided19 Aug

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The Observatory Greenroyd Close Skircoat Green Halifax West Yorkshire HX3 0JX. Calderdale has handled 194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Calderdale's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

84% of heritage 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 0JX
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not In A Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2020
Consultation expiry
27 July 2020
Consultation end
13 July 2020
Neighbour consultation start
22 June 2020
Neighbour consultation end
13 July 2020
Last date for comments
27 July 2020
Target decision date
5 August 2020
Permission expires
19 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Throstle Bank HALIFAX HX2 7DB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 June 2020
Advertisement expiry
16 July 2020
Site notice start
6 July 2020
Site notice end
27 July 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08747015
Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Bermaside HouseOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 96/00951/CPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Calderdale

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