Huddersfield Open Market, Brook Street, Huddersfield, HD1 1DY
Approved on 29 April 2026
Council decision: CONSENT GRANTED4 conditions
Proposal
Listed building consent for external works to Market Building and wider site including alteration and demolition of modern additions to the Market building, new glazed screens, new WC and welfare facilities, provision of services and lighting including associated works, remodelling to the stone annexe, alterations to catering facilities, and self-contained commercial units, works to floor surfaces of Market Building. Use of Market Building for a mix of uses (sui generis) including retail, hot food takeaway, drinking establishment, restaurant / café uses, market office, public welfare facilities, storage facilities as well as provision of areas that provide a mix of fixed and flexible indoor and outdoor market stalls. Creation of areas for open market, siting of associated structures, installation of new fixed market stalls demolition of external bin store and creation of waste compound area, storage compounds, vehicular parking, remodelling and surfacing of areas of hardstanding, street furniture, car park layout, installation of parcel lockers, landscaping and associated works (within a Conservation Area)
- Received
- 29 August 2025
- Ward
- Newsome
- ReceivedReceived29 Aug
- ValidatedValidated29 Aug
- Consult.Consultation19 Dec
- TargetTarget Date24 Oct
- DecidedDecided29 Apr
Decided in 243 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for demolition at Huddersfield Open Market, Brook Street, Huddersfield, HD1 1DY. Kirklees has handled 936 applications of this type. This one was decided in 243 days, 27 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in the Huddersfield Town Centre conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.
95% of heritage 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 1DY
- Application type
- Heritage
- Scale / size
- Large
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 21 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 19 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Studio 201, 22 Highbury Grove, Screenworks, London, N5 2ER
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 160
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Huddersfield Town Centre
- 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.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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Associated applications
- 202529 Aug
External works to Market Building and wider site including alteration and demolition of modern additions to…
ApprovedAmendmentFiled alongside2025/92443 - 202529 Aug
Listed building consent for external works to Market Building and wider site including alteration and…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent2025/92444
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