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Highfields Centre, New North Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5LS

2019/90467FullApproved

Approved on 2 June 2021

Council decision: SECTION 106 FULL PERMISSION

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Proposal

Conversion of former college buildings into 33 apartments including demolition of link canopy, partial demolition of link building, erection of additional storey to link building, and internal and external alterations (Listed Building within a Conservation Area).

Received
14 February 2019
Ward
Newsome
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided2 Jun

Decided in 828 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Highfields Centre, New North Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5LS. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. The site is in the Greenhead Park conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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 5LS
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
33

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2019
Consultation expiry
23 March 2019
Consultation start
28 February 2019
Consultation end
23 March 2019
Target decision date
27 May 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Lake House, Blackmoorfoot Road, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5TR

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
66

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Greenhead Park
  • Listed building: Grade II: 3, Highfield RoadOn this site · +8 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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.

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Source: Kirklees

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