Ainsworth House 297A Willowfield Road Halifax Calderdale HX2 7NF
Approved on 4 March 2026
Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Single storey rear extension
- Received
- 16 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Sowerby Bridge
- ReceivedReceived16 Dec
- ValidatedValidated8 Jan
- Consult.Consultation29 Jan
- TargetTarget Date5 Mar
- DecidedDecided4 Mar
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at Ainsworth House 297A Willowfield Road Halifax Calderdale HX2 7NF. Calderdale has handled 1,508 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Calderdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Sowerby Bridge. We hold 227 applications in total for the HX2 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
- HX2 7NF
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not In A Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 8 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 29 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 5 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 5 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 4 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr David A Hemingway 4 Westgate Holywell Green Halifax HX4 9HN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 15 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 13 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 3 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14559804
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 88/00345/CProtected tree on or next to this 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.
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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.
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Source: Calderdale
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