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Prickleden Mills, Woodhead Road, Holmfirth, HD9 2JU

2023/91491FullAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Erection of 61 age-restricted apartments with ancillary accommodation including separate residents lounge and manager facilities and associated external works, including the erection of access bridge and riverside walk featuring two pedestrian bridges (within a Conservation Area)

Received
19 May 2023
Decision due
18 September 2023
Ward
Holme Valley South
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.8 Nov
  4. Target18 Sep
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Prickleden Mills, Woodhead Road, Holmfirth, HD9 2JU. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 May 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Holmfirth conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 151 applications across Holme Valley South. We hold 4,647 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 2JU
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2023
Consultation expiry
8 November 2023
Consultation start
19 June 2023
Consultation end
8 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Headrow House, Old Leeds Road, Huddersfield, HD1 1SG

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
196

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Holmfirth
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Holmfirth
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    12 May

    Erection of 61 age-restricted apartments, ancillary accommodation and associated external works (within a…

    RefusedFull2021/92003
  2. 2015
    29 Jul

    Erection of electricity substation enclosure (within a Conservation Area)

    CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSIONFull2015/92408
  3. 2014
    22 Dec

    Non material amendment to previous permission 2012/90738

    ApprovedNon-material amendment2014/93971
  4. 2014
    23 Jan

    Discharge conditions 7 (site investigation), 8 (remediation strategy), 9 (revised remediation strategy), 10…

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION(S) SPLIT DECISIONDischarge of conditions2014/90183
  5. 2012
    13 Mar

    Conservation Area Consent for demolition of redundant former industrial buildings and bridge

    ApprovedHeritage2012/90739
  6. 2012
    13 Mar

    Demolition of redundant former industrial buildings and bridge, erection of 46 age restricted apartments, 2…

    ApprovedFull2012/90738

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