Sovereign Service Station, Lane Head Road, Shepley, Huddersfield, HD8 8BL
Approved on 21 November 2025
Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION6 conditions
Proposal
Erection of three extensions to the existing Central COOP petrol station, and alterations including improved service yard, car park reconfiguration, installation of roof mounted PV panels, EV provision and upgrade works to existing forecourt
- Received
- 20 June 2025
- Ward
- Kirkburton Ward
- ReceivedReceived20 Jun
- ValidatedValidated26 Jun
- Consult.Consultation1 Aug
- TargetTarget Date21 Aug
- DecidedDecided21 Nov
Decided in 148 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at Sovereign Service Station, Lane Head Road, Shepley, Huddersfield, HD8 8BL. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 154 days, 14 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Kirkburton Ward. We hold 4,270 applications in total for the HD8 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
- HD8 8BL
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 1 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 11 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 1 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 21 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 4100, Park Approach, Thorpe Park, Leeds, LS15 8GB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 31
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: Kirklees
- 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Kirklees
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Contractors near this project
Find contractors for extensions near this site- P R Kaye Electrics LtdElectrician0.6 mi
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- Senior Electrical LimitedElectrician0.7 mi
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