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Lydgate Sunday School, Holmfirth Road, New Mill, Holmfirth, HD9 7LF

2021/92434FullRefused

Refused on 4 February 2022

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

Proposal

Change of use of former Sunday school class F(i)(f) to retail unit class E(a) and alterations to boundary wall and vehicular access

Received
14 June 2021
Ward
Holme Valley South
  1. Received14 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Aug
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 226 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Lydgate Sunday School, Holmfirth Road, New Mill, Holmfirth, HD9 7LF. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 235 days, 26 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 151 applications across Holme Valley South. We hold 4,649 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 7LF
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2021
Consultation expiry
1 August 2021
Consultation start
23 June 2021
Consultation end
1 August 2021
Target decision date
18 August 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 12a, Railway Sawmills, Burbeary Road, Lockwood, Huddersfield, HD1 3UN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal date
25 June 2022

Appeal history

3301885
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 24 April 2023Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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