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Melbourne Works, 8, Firth Street, Huddersfield, HD1 3BA

2018/91291FullApproved

Approved on 25 July 2018

Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION

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Proposal

Change of use of first floor from B1 (Business Use) to D1 (Non residential Institution (Place of Worship))

Received
20 April 2018
Ward
Newsome
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated20 Apr
  3. Consult.21 May
  4. Target15 Jun
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 96 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Melbourne Works, 8, Firth Street, Huddersfield, HD1 3BA. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Newsome. We hold 1,844 applications in total for the HD1 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
HD1 3BA
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 April 2018
Consultation expiry
21 May 2018
Consultation start
25 April 2018
Consultation end
21 May 2018
Target decision date
15 June 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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
  • Brownfield land register: 14, Firth Street, Huddersfield, HD1 3BARegister site at or near this address

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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Kirklees

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