George Hotel, St George's Square, Huddersfield, HD1 1JA

2025/91147AmendmentApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 24 October 2025

Council decision: GRANTED UNDER REG.3 GENERAL REGULATIONS 199228 conditions

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

Proposal

Refurbishment and redevelopment of the George Hotel (including partial demolition, partial reconstruction and extension) to provide a 108-bedroom hotel with bar, restaurant, gym, conference facilities and ancillary facilities (Listed Building and within a Conservation Area)

Received: 24 April 2025
Council: Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Newsome

ReceivedReceived24 Apr
ValidatedValidated1 May
Consult.Consultation12 Aug
TargetTarget Date31 Jul
DecidedDecided24 Oct

Decided in 176 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at George Hotel, St George's Square, Huddersfield, HD1 1JA. Kirklees has handled 1,184 applications of this type. This one was decided in 183 days, 18 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in the Huddersfield Town Centre conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 17 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Newsome. We hold 1,844 applications in total for the HD1 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: HD1 1JA
Application type: Amendment
Scale / size: Large

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 May 2025
Consultation expiry: 12 August 2025
Consultation start: 10 July 2025
Consultation end: 12 August 2025
Target decision date: 31 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Architect profile: AHR BUILDING CONSULTANCY LIMITED
Agent address: Norwich Union House, High Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2LR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Additional information

Documents: 173

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Huddersfield Town Centre
Listed building: Grade II*: The George Hotel including stone-flagged area and surrounding walls and railings to the s…On or next to this site
Heritage at Risk Register: Huddersfield, Huddersfield
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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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© 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.

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