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Co Op Academy Smithies Moor, Leeds Old Road, Heckmondwike, WF16 9BB

2025/92598FullApproved

Approved on 23 December 2025

Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION29 conditions

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

Proposal

Redevelopment of school, including demolition of existing buildings and erection of replacement single storey school building with external works including provision of a forest school, hard and soft PE and play spaces, car and cycle parking, bin store, sub-station, pedestrian, vehicle access, and landscaping

Received
16 September 2025
Ward
Heckmonwike
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target25 Nov
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Co Op Academy Smithies Moor, Leeds Old Road, Heckmondwike, WF16 9BB. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Heckmonwike. We hold 55 applications in total for the WF16 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
WF16 9BB
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2025
Consultation expiry
16 October 2025
Consultation start
18 September 2025
Consultation end
16 October 2025
Target decision date
25 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3, Wellington Place, Leeds, LS1 4AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Additional information

Documents
104

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    6 Oct

    Non material amendment to previous permission 2025/92598

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment2026/92811
  2. 2026
    24 Jul

    Discharge of details reserved by conditions 7 (gas risk assessment) and 18 (site stabilisation) on previous…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/92071
  3. 2026
    19 Mar

    Discharge of details reserved by condition 23 (external facing materials) on previous permission 2025/92598

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/90790
  4. 2026
    4 Feb

    Discharge of conditions 19 (surface water strategy), 20 (exceedence routeing), 21 (temp drainage), 22 (point…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/90337
  5. 2026
    29 Jan

    Non material amendment to previous permission 2025/92598

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment2026/90261
  6. 2026
    27 Jan

    Discharge of details reserved by conditions 24 (Ecological Design Strategy and Landscaping Plan), 29 (LMMP)…

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION(S) APPROVEDDischarge of conditions2026/90259
  7. 2025
    16 Sep

    Redevelopment of school, including demolition of existing buildings and erection of replacement single storey…

    This applicationCONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSIONFull2025/92598

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