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Unit H5 Lowfields Business Park Premier Way Lowfields Elland Calderdale HX5 9HF

23/00991/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 December 2023

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of from storage & distribution (Use B8) to light industrial (Use E(g)(iii)) with storage & distribution (Use B8)

Received
25 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Elland
  1. Received25 Sep
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Nov
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit H5 Lowfields Business Park Premier Way Lowfields Elland Calderdale HX5 9HF. Calderdale has handled 1,508 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 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 32 applications across Elland. We hold 442 applications in total for the HX5 postcode area.

82% of full 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
HX5 9HF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Not In A Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2023
Consultation expiry
1 December 2023
Consultation start
26 October 2023
Consultation end
16 November 2023
Last date for comments
1 December 2023
Target decision date
8 December 2023
Permission expires
8 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Miss Katie Jones 3rd Floor 15 St Paul's Street Leeds LS1 2JG

Planning decision

Statutory period
74 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 November 2023
Site notice end
1 December 2023

Appeal history

3328108
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 18 March 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12443498
Documents
10
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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

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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