The Stables, Winfield Drive, East Bierley, BD4 6RJ

2021/92059FullRefused

Refused on 18 August 2022

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Formation of new access

Received: 17 May 2021
Council: Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Birstall and Birkenshaw

ReceivedReceived17 May
ValidatedValidated17 May
Consult.Consultation1 Jul
TargetTarget Date12 Jul
DecidedDecided18 Aug

Decided in 458 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Stables, Winfield Drive, East Bierley, BD4 6RJ. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 458 days, 57 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Birstall and Birkenshaw. We hold 1,034 applications in total for the BD4 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: BD4 6RJ
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 May 2021
Consultation expiry: 1 July 2021
Consultation start: 16 June 2021
Consultation end: 1 July 2021
Target decision date: 12 July 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Unit 6, The Office Campus, Paragon Business Park, Red Hall Court, WF1 2UY

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal

Appeal date: 2 September 2022

Appeal history

3306224

Allowed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 20 March 2023Dev Type: Other Major DevelopmentsReason: Refusal

Green Belt

Additional information

Documents: 14

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Green belt: Kirklees
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 (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.

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Source: Kirklees

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