Lower Hey Farm, Highfield Crescent, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5RQ
Approved on 16 January 2026
Council decision: CONDITIONAL OUTLINE PERMISSION11 conditions
Proposal
Outline application for demolition of stables and erection of detached dwelling
- Received
- 1 September 2025
- Ward
- Holme Valley North
- ReceivedReceived1 Sep
- ValidatedValidated15 Sep
- Consult.Consultation16 Oct
- TargetTarget Date10 Nov
- DecidedDecided16 Jan
Decided in 123 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at Lower Hey Farm, Highfield Crescent, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5RQ. Kirklees has handled 1,201 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 12 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across Holme Valley North. We hold 4,647 applications in total for the HD9 postcode area.
87% of outline 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
- HD9 5RQ
- Application type
- Outline
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 16 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 25 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 16 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 10 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 147, Lane Top, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5SG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
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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