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140A, Manchester Road, Longroyd Bridge, Huddersfield, HD1 3JA

2024/91199FullRefused

Refused on 31 March 2026

2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing building and erection of student accommodation with ancillary spaces, associated garden area, store and landscaping, access and car parking

Received
26 April 2024
Ward
Newsome
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.25 Jun
  4. Target16 Aug
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 683 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 140A, Manchester Road, Longroyd Bridge, Huddersfield, HD1 3JA. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 704 days, 93 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Newsome. We hold 1,841 applications in total for the HD1 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, due to its height, rearward projection, massing, relationships with surrounding buildings and spaces, materials and entrance location, would cause significant harm in relation to visual amenity, would relate poorly to its context, would cause substantial harm (that would not be outweighed) to the setting of a listed building at 27 Woodthorpe Terrace, and would fail to appropriately engage with the public realm. The proposed development is therefore contrary to Policies LP24 and LP35 of the Kirklees Local Plan, chapters 12 and 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework, and Section 66 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.
  2. In the absence of an appropriate Biodiversity Metric spreadsheet, it has not been demonstrated that the proposed development would achieve an appropriate Biodiversity Net Gain. The proposed development is therefore contrary to Policy LP30 of the Kirklees Local Plan, chapter 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework, and Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as inserted by Schedule 14 of the Environment Act 2021). Plans and specifications schedule: Plan/document type Reference Version received Location Plan as Existing EX0001 29/04/2024 Site Plan as Proposed AL0003 Rev C 29/04/2024 Site / Landscaping as AL0003 Rev D 17/05/2024 Proposed General Information as AL0010 Rev C 29/04/2024 Proposed GA Elevations as Proposed AL0020 Rev A 29/04/2024 GA Sections as Proposed AL0030 Rev A 29/04/2024 Planning Statement April 2024 17/05/2024 Schedule of 17/05/2024 Accommodation Design and Access Fibre Architects, 24/04/2024 29/04/2024 Statement Heritage Assessment Fibre Architects, March 2024 29/04/2024 Assessment of the Potential 19/07/2024 Impact on Heritage Assets Combined Transport Paragon Highways, 2307, First 29/04/2024 Statement and Travel Plan April 2024 Issue Engineering Feasibility E24/8164/001 29/04/2024 Causeway Calculations Haigh Huddleston and 29/04/2024 Associates, 23/04/2024 Residential Noise Nova Acoustics, NP-010863, Rev 02 29/04/2024 Assessment 22/04/2024 Air Quality Assessment Redmore Environmental, Version 1 29/04/2024 7881r, 11/04/2024 Phase 1 Geo-environmental Report Associates, E24/8164/R001, 29/04/2024 March 2024 Preliminary Ecological Whitcher Wildlife, 240227, 29/04/2024 Appraisal 29/02/2024 Small Sites Metric Derek Whitcher, 01/02/2024 17/05/2024 (Biodiversity Metric 4.0) Arboricultural Survey and Tree Care Consultancy, AIA- 29/04/2024 Impact Assessment 1932-1, 16/04/2024 Rapid Health Impact 17/05/2024 Assessment Pursuant to article 35 (2) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) Order 2015 and guidance in the National Planning Policy Framework, the Local Authority have, where possible, made a pre-application advice service available, complied with the Kirklees Development Management Charter 2015 and otherwise actively engaged with the applicant in dealing with the application. Where the application has been publicised by notice(s) in the vicinity of the site. It is respectfully requested that the notice(s) now be removed and responsibly disposed of to avoid harm to the appearance of the area

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
HD1 3JA
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2024
Consultation expiry
25 June 2024
Consultation start
21 May 2024
Consultation end
25 June 2024
Target decision date
16 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Buckden Mount, 8, Thornhill Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield, HD3 3AU

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
33

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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, 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.

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