43, Black Rock Drive, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5ZA

2025/90934FullRefused

Refused on 24 September 2025

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

Proposal

Erection of dormer to rear pitch and installation of 3 roof lights to the front pitch (within a Conservation Area)

Received: 1 April 2025
Council: Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Colne Valley

ReceivedReceived1 Apr
ValidatedValidated12 May
Consult.Consultation27 Jun
TargetTarget Date7 Jul
DecidedDecided24 Sep

Decided in 135 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 43, Black Rock Drive, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5ZA. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 176 days, 17 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in the Linthwaite conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Colne Valley. We hold 365 applications in total for the HD7 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: HD7 5ZA
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 May 2025
Consultation expiry: 27 June 2025
Consultation start: 6 June 2025
Consultation end: 27 June 2025
Target decision date: 7 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 11, Branton Lane, Great Ouseburn, YO26 9RP

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: Linthwaite
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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Source: Kirklees

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