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102, Redwood Drive, Bradley, Huddersfield, HD2 1PW

2025/92297AmendmentRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 14 October 2025

Council decision: CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL USE REFUSED1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from dwelling (use class C3) to residential care home (use class C2)

Received
13 August 2025
Ward
Ashbrow
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated13 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Oct
  5. Decided14 Oct

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 102, Redwood Drive, Bradley, Huddersfield, HD2 1PW. Kirklees has handled 1,184 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Ashbrow. We hold 425 applications in total for the HD2 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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Why it was refused

  1. On the balance of probabilities, the occupation of the building at 102, Redwood Drive, Bradley, Huddersfield, HD2 1PW by 3 children aged 9-17 with care provided by staff, with 2 carers per shift working 3 shifts throughout a 24 hour period within the land in addition to visits from professionals within the land edged red on the submitted plan amounts to a material change of use from a Dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a Residential Institution (Class C2) as defined by the Use Classes Order 1987 (as amended). Plans and specifications schedule:- Plan Type Reference Version Date Received Location plan PP-14064352v1 14th August 2025 Block plan TQRQM25153113018007 14th August 2025 Management Plan 9th September 2025 Noise and Templar Hive Children’s 12th September 2025 Disturbance Policy Homes Safety and Security Templar Hive Children’s 12th September 2025 Policy Homes Neighbour and Templar Hive Children’s 12th September 2025 Community Homes Engagement Policy Visitor Management Templar Hive Children’s 12th September 2025 Policy Homes Parking Policy Templar Hive Children’s 12th September 2025 Good Templar Hive Children’s 12th September 2025 Neighbourhood Homes Charter Supporting 29th September 2025 Statement 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 2015 and otherwise actively engaged with the applicant in dealing with the application. Development within a Coal Mining Area DEVELOPMENT LOW RISK AREA - STANDING ADVICE The proposed development lies within a coal mining area which may contain unrecorded coal mining related hazards. If any coal mining feature is encountered during development, this should be reported immediately to the Mining Remediation Authority on 0345 762 6846 or if a hazard is encountered on site call the emergency line 0800 288 4242.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
HD2 1PW
Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 August 2025
Target decision date
8 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
279

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.

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