Blocks A, B and C, former Kirklees College, New North Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5NN
Proposal
Prior approval for change of use of educational offices (B1) to 218 residential units (class C3)
- Received
- 20 June 2019
- Decided
- 13 August 2019 · REFUSED
- Ward
- Newsome
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- ReceivedReceived20 Jun
- ValidatedValidated21 Jun
- Consult.Consultation16 Jul
- TargetTarget Date15 Aug
- DecidedDecided13 Aug
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
This is an outline application for a change of use at Blocks A, B and C, former Kirklees College, New North Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5NN. Kirklees has handled 1,201 applications of this type and approves 77% of them, typically deciding them in 53 days. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 128 applications across Newsome. We hold 1,834 applications in total for the HD1 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Greenhead ParkPart of the site
- Brownfield land register: Land north of Trinity Street, HuddersfieldRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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 and heritage coasts.
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