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Spire Elland Hospital Elland Lane Elland Calderdale HX5 9EB

24/00311/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 April 2025

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PV solar panels ground mount system within the site boundary of the hospital.

Received
2 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Elland
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided11 Apr

Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Spire Elland Hospital Elland Lane Elland Calderdale HX5 9EB. Calderdale has handled 1,508 applications of this type. This one was decided in 374 days, 45 weeks longer than Calderdale's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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.

81% 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 9EB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Not In A Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2024
Consultation expiry
27 February 2025
Consultation start
21 January 2025
Consultation end
11 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
21 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
11 February 2025
Last date for comments
27 February 2025
Target decision date
11 April 2025
Permission expires
11 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
20 St Thomas Street London SE1 9RS

Planning decision

Statutory period
119 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 February 2025
Advertisement expiry
27 February 2025
Site notice start
4 February 2025
Site notice end
25 February 2025

Appeal history

3355228
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 1 May 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal
3349656
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 January 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal
3346484
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 25 October 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Failure

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12862289
Documents
27
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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.

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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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