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23, Herdwick Road, Flockton, Huddersfield, WF4 4FJ

2025/91060AmendmentRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 9 September 2025

Council decision: CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULOPERATIONS REFUSED

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed alterations to integral garage to extend living accommodation

Received
14 April 2025
Ward
Kirkburton Ward
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided9 Sep

Decided in 148 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 23, Herdwick Road, Flockton, Huddersfield, WF4 4FJ. Kirklees has handled 1,184 applications of this type. This one was decided in 148 days, 13 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Kirkburton Ward. We hold 1,338 applications in total for the WF4 postcode area.

80% of amendment 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
WF4 4FJ
Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2025
Target decision date
9 June 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal date
15 September 2025

Appeal history

3373814
Dismissed
Type: Lawful Development CertificateProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 10 June 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
7

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.

Source: Kirklees

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