Ravenscliffe Lodge Skircoat Green Halifax Calderdale HX3 0RQ

24/00688/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 24 October 2024

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of existing caretaker's house to create spaces for learning, meetings and small groups in connection with the Ravenscliffe High School at Skircoat Green.

Received: 15 July 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 5
Council: Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Skircoat

ReceivedReceived15 Jul
ValidatedValidated15 Aug
Consult.Consultation11 Sep
TargetTarget Date24 Oct
DecidedDecided24 Oct

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Ravenscliffe Lodge Skircoat Green Halifax Calderdale HX3 0RQ. Calderdale has handled 1,508 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than Calderdale's typical decision time. The site is in the Borwick conservation area, with 4 listed buildings 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.

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: HX3 0RQ
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Not In A Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 August 2024
Consultation expiry: 1 October 2024
Consultation start: 21 August 2024
Consultation end: 11 September 2024
Last date for comments: 1 October 2024
Target decision date: 24 October 2024
Permission expires: 24 October 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period: 70 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 29 August 2024
Advertisement expiry: 19 September 2024
Site notice start: 10 September 2024
Site notice end: 1 October 2024

Appeal history

3347865

Dismissed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 20 January 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13246551
Documents: 16
Constraints: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Skircoat Green
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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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© 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.

Source: Calderdale

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