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47, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield, WF14 8AE

2025/90487FullRefused

Refused on 12 December 2025

4 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use and alterations to convert from vacant bank (Class E) to hot food takeaway (sui generis) with installation of extract and ventilation equipment and external alterations to the front and rear elevations

Received
21 February 2025
Ward
Mirfield Ward
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated21 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target18 Apr
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 294 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 47, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield, WF14 8AE. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 294 days, 34 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Mirfield Ward. We hold 668 applications in total for the WF14 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 location of the premises would likely result in customers parking on double yellow lines, blocking the entrance/exit to the adjacent fire station and encourage pedestrians to cross a busy section of the highway with no crossing point. This will give rise to adverse effects in regard to highway and pedestrian safety contrary to policies LP21 & LP22 of the Kirklees Local Plan.
  2. The proposal has not included an evidence based swept path analysis, and the impact upon access to bin storage and accessibility for waste collection wagons which could give rise to highways safety, adversely affecting road users and pedestrians. This is contrary to policies LP21 & LP22 of the Kirklees Local Plan.
  3. The development will adversely impact upon the residents of Trinity Street, due to the width of the road, traffic generation, noise generation resulting in an adverse impact on the amenity of existing occupiers contrary to Policies LP21, LP22, LP24 and LP52 of the Kirklees Local Plan and Chapters 12 and 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  4. The development will give rise to an adverse effect upon residential amenity in regard to noise pollution in the form of the noise impact of the oven extract duct located on the rear elevation of the building contrary to Policies LP24 and LP52 of the Kirklees Local Plan and Chapters 12 and 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework. Plans and specifications schedules:- Plan / document type Reference Version Dated Location Plan 10131-SD-XX-00-P-A- 01 24/02/2025 00001 Block Plan 10131-SD-XX-00-P-A- 01 24/02/2025 00002 Proposed Ground Floor 10131-SD-XX-00-P-A- 02 24/02/2025 Layout 11001 Proposed Elevations 1 & 10131-SD-XX-00-E-A- 03 03/09/2025 2 13001 Proposed Elevations 3, 10131-SD-XX-00-E-A- 24/02/2025 4, 5 & 6 13002 Planning Statement R001 V1 24/02/2025 Ventilation System Dominos Mirfield 24/02/2025 Plant Noise Assessment 29AA.RP.01.00 24/02/2025 Waste Management Plan R003v1 24/02/2025 Partition Sound 29AA.RP.02.00 27/03/2025 Insulation Review Extract Proposal 27/03/2025 Fat, Oils, Grease and 27/03/2025 Food Waste Store Guide Highways Technical Note 4851.01 27/06/2025 Delivery Management 4851.DMP01 V2 17/11/2025 Plan 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 Planning Authority have, where possible, made a pre- application advice service available, complied with the Kirklees Development Management Charter 2024 and otherwise actively engaged with the applicant in dealing with the application. KC Conservation and Design raised concerns regarding the design of the proposal given its siting adjacent to a Grade II listed building. A request was made to retain the existing sash windows and alter the window panels within the front elevation to clear glazing. Revised drawings were received which were considered acceptable with regard to heritage and visual amenity. In KC Highways Development Management’s consultation response dated 8th May 2024, officers objected to the scheme due to highway safety comments, no realistic off-street parking facilities being proposed, deliveries to customers being collected from the front and not the rear yard and deliveries to the site and bin collection being proposed from Huddersfield Road. A Highways Technical Note prepared by Eddison’s was submitted to address KC Highways concerns. Officers reviewed the technical note and confirmed that an acceptable Delivery Management Plan should be provided including proposals for the use of mopeds and E-bikes only for customer deliveries and details of the proposals for service deliveries and waste. A Delivery Management Plan was submitted to support the application. KC Highways Development Management have since confirmed that the plan would be acceptable with regard to highway safety. 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
WF14 8AE
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 February 2025
Consultation expiry
10 April 2025
Consultation start
3 March 2025
Consultation end
10 April 2025
Target decision date
18 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
First Floor, South Wing, Equinox North, Great Park Road, Bristol, BS32 4QL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

6005670
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 25 September 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
59

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.

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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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