1, Sunnybank Woods, Upper Batley, Batley, WF17 0NH

2016/90479FullApproved

Approved on 18 April 2016

Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION

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

Proposal

Conversion of integral garage to living space, rooms in roof space and erection of detached double garage (within a Conservation Area)

Received: 8 February 2016
Council: Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Batley East Ward

ReceivedReceived8 Feb
ValidatedValidated22 Feb
Consult.Consultation24 Mar
TargetTarget Date18 Apr
DecidedDecided18 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 1, Sunnybank Woods, Upper Batley, Batley, WF17 0NH. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in the Upper Batley conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Batley East Ward. We hold 1,583 applications in total for the WF17 postcode area.

91% of full applications at Kirklees 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: WF17 0NH
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 February 2016
Consultation expiry: 24 March 2016
Consultation start: 23 February 2016
Consultation end: 24 March 2016
Target decision date: 18 April 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 4, Rushmead Court, Ossett, Wakefield, WF5 0NZ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 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: Upper Batley
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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: Kirklees

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