Butchers Arms, 38, Town Gate, Hepworth, Holmfirth, HD9 1TE

2020/91219FullRefused

Refused on 6 July 2021

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Proposal

Change of use of first floor to create additional dining space and kitchen store. (within a Conservation Area)

Received: 24 April 2020
Council: Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Holme Valley South

ReceivedReceived24 Apr
ValidatedValidated30 Apr
Consult.Consultation3 Feb
TargetTarget Date25 Jun
DecidedDecided6 Jul

Decided in 432 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Butchers Arms, 38, Town Gate, Hepworth, Holmfirth, HD9 1TE. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 438 days, 55 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in the Hepworth conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 16 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 151 applications across Holme Valley South. We hold 4,652 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 1TE
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 April 2020
Consultation expiry: 3 February 2021
Consultation start: 30 April 2020
Consultation end: 3 February 2021
Target decision date: 25 June 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 16, Church Lane, Brighouse, HD6 1AT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal

Appeal date: 7 September 2021

Appeal history

3282464

Dismissed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 May 2022Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents: 20

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Hepworth
Listed building: Grade II: Butchers ArmsOn this site · +3 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.

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Associated applications

2020
24 Apr
Change of use of first floor to create additional dining space and kitchen store. (within a Conservation Area)
This applicationRefusedFull2020/91219
2020
24 Apr
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations at first floor level (within a Conservation Area)
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2020/91220

Planning history at this site

15 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Kirklees

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