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former Frankie & Bennys and Chiquitos, Centre 27 Business Park, Bankwood Way, Birstall, Batley, WF17 9TB

2023/93781FullApproved

Approved on 29 May 2024

Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and erection of coffee shop with drive thru facility; drive-thru restaurant (Class E and Sui Generis); flexible commercial unit (Class E (a) and/or Class E (b) and/or hot-foot takeaway Sui Generis use); formation of hard and soft landscaping works; modifications to access and associated works

Received
21 December 2023
Ward
Birstall and Birkenshaw
  1. Received21 Dec
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.1 Mar
  4. Target15 Feb
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 160 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at former Frankie & Bennys and Chiquitos, Centre 27 Business Park, Bankwood Way, Birstall, Batley, WF17 9TB. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 160 days, 15 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 9TB
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2023
Consultation expiry
1 March 2024
Consultation start
8 January 2024
Consultation end
1 March 2024
Target decision date
15 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bond Court, Leeds, LS1 5SP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
51

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.

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  2. 2026
    8 Jul

    Discharge of details reserved by condition 18 (verification report) on previous permission 2025/91401

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/91909
  3. 2025
    28 Nov

    Discharge of details reserved by condition 8 (drainage) on previous permission 2025/91401

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  4. 2025
    29 Oct

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  5. 2025
    4 Aug

    Discharge of details reserved by conditions 3 (Phase II Intrusive Site Investigation Report ), 4 (Remediation…

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION(S) SPLIT DECISIONDischarge of conditions2025/92187
  6. 2023
    21 Dec

    Demolition of existing buildings and erection of coffee shop with drive thru facility; drive-thru restaurant…

    This applicationCONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSIONFull2023/93781

Source: Kirklees

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