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The Homestead, Hurst Knowle, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD5 8SG

2022/90280FullApproved

Approved on 16 May 2022

Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing Homestead care home and ancillary buildings and erection of single storey dementia day care facility, landscaping works and associated parking with alterations to vehicle and pedestrian access to the site

Received
27 January 2022
Ward
Almondbury Ward
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 108 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Homestead, Hurst Knowle, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD5 8SG. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Almondbury Ward. We hold 798 applications in total for the HD5 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
HD5 8SG
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2022
Consultation expiry
16 February 2022
Consultation start
1 February 2022
Consultation end
16 February 2022
Target decision date
25 March 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Penmore House, Hasland, S41 0SJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
59

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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