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Windy Ridge Quarry, Cartworth Moor Road, Cartworth Moor, Holmfirth, HD9 2RL

2023/93449FullApproved

Approved on 31 July 2025

Council decision: SECTION 106 FULL PERMISSION

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

Proposal

Deepen and extend Windy Ridge Quarry; increase the number of HGV movements permitted; excavate former landfill to recover recyclable materials (retrospective); temporarily store soils on part of the previously restored quarry area (retrospective); form new access; restore the site by infill with construction, demolition and excavation wastes; and recycle imported construction demolition and excavation wastes

Received
22 November 2023
Ward
Holme Valley South
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Jan
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 611 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Windy Ridge Quarry, Cartworth Moor Road, Cartworth Moor, Holmfirth, HD9 2RL. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 617 days, 80 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 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 2RL
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2023
Consultation expiry
27 February 2024
Consultation start
4 December 2023
Consultation end
15 January 2024
Target decision date
27 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10, Dobroyd, Shepley, Huddersfield, HD8 8AU

Planning decision

Case officer
Farzana Tabasum
Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
105

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.

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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