69, Raikes Lane, Birstall, Batley, WF17 9QX

2023/93534FullApproved

Approved on 2 February 2024

Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION

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

Proposal

Erection of single storey side extension (within a Conservation Area)

Received: 30 November 2023
Council: Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Birstall and Birkenshaw

ReceivedReceived30 Nov
ValidatedValidated8 Dec
Consult.Consultation19 Jan
TargetTarget Date2 Feb
DecidedDecided2 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at 69, Raikes Lane, Birstall, Batley, WF17 9QX. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in the Birstall conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Birstall and Birkenshaw. We hold 1,583 applications in total for the WF17 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: WF17 9QX
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 December 2023
Consultation expiry: 19 January 2024
Consultation start: 11 December 2023
Consultation end: 19 January 2024
Target decision date: 2 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 7, Park Terrace, Old Pool Bank, Leeds, LS21 3BU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 8

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: Birstall
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, 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.

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© 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.

Source: Kirklees

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