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Woodlands Mill, Luke Lane, Thongsbridge, Huddersfield, HD9 7TB

2017/91888FullApproved

Approved on 21 December 2017

Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use, alterations and extensions to former mill buildings to form mixed use development comprising of food manufacturing, cookery school, cafe, shop, restaurant, cooking demonstration/tasting areas and management offices/suite. Outdoor seating areas, service yard, parking and associated landscaping works

Received
26 May 2017
Ward
Holme Valley South
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated15 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target10 Aug
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 189 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Woodlands Mill, Luke Lane, Thongsbridge, Huddersfield, HD9 7TB. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 209 days, 22 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 151 applications across Holme Valley South. We hold 4,649 applications in total for the HD9 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
HD9 7TB
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 June 2017
Consultation expiry
25 September 2017
Consultation start
16 June 2017
Consultation end
25 September 2017
Target decision date
10 August 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
57, Bowers Mill, Branch Road, Barkisland, Halifax, HX4 0AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
90

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
  • Green belt: Kirklees

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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    30 Jan

    Variation of conditions 2 (plans) and 15 (opening hours) on previous permission 2018/90876

    REMOVAL OR MODIFICATION OF CONDITION(S)Variation of conditions (s73)2020/90302
  2. 2019
    12 Dec

    Discharge of conditions 11 (Ecological Design Strategy), 13 (LEMP), 14 (Lighting Design Strategy), 16…

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION(S) SPLIT DECISIONDischarge of conditions2019/94030
  3. 2019
    25 Sep

    Variation condition 15 (opening hours) on previous permission 2018/90876

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions2019/93141
  4. 2018
    3 Aug

    Discharge of conditions 3-9, 11-13,19, 22 and 23 on previous application 2018/90876

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions2018/92629
  5. 2018
    12 Mar

    Variation conditions 2 (plans) and 15 (opening times) on previous permission 2017/91888

    REMOVAL OR MODIFICATION OF CONDITION(S)Discharge of conditions2018/90876
  6. 2018
    17 Jan

    Discharge conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 19, 22 & 23 on previous permission 2017/91888

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION(S) SPLIT DECISIONDischarge of conditions2018/90205
  7. 2017
    26 May

    Change of use, alterations and extensions to former mill buildings to form mixed use development comprising…

    This applicationCONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSIONFull2017/91888

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