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Moor Ford Barn, 146, Red Lane, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5ND

2025/92721FullRefused

Refused on 16 February 2026

2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use and alterations to barn to form boarding kennels/dog grooming/pet food shop

Received
29 September 2025
Ward
Holme Valley North
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Nov
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 116 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Moor Ford Barn, 146, Red Lane, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5ND. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 12 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across Holme Valley North. We hold 4,649 applications in total for the HD9 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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Why it was refused

  1. The use of the building and associated vehicle activity at the site constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt which would have a harmful impact upon openness and leads to encroachment within the Green Belt. No very special circumstances have been demonstrated that are sufficient to clearly outweigh the harm by reason of inappropriateness. The development is contrary to Policies LP2, LP10 & LP60 of the Kirklees Local Plan and policies contained within Chapter 13 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. By virtue of the scale of the use and associated increased vehicle activity at the site, the development has a harmful impact on the visual and spatial openness of the Green Belt which fails to respect or enhance the rural character and appearance of the area. The development is contrary to Policies LP2, LP24 & LP60 of the Kirklees Local Plan, and policies within Chapters 12 & 13 of the National Planning Policy Framework. Plans and Specifications Table: Plan Type Reference Version Date Received Plans, Elevations and Views 2334 - 01 29/09/2025 Climate Change Statement 29/09/2025 Supporting Planning Statement 29/09/2025 Appeal Decision 29/09/2025 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 has, where possible, made a pre- application advice service available, complied with the Kirklees Development Management Charter 2024 and otherwise actively engaged with the applicant in dealing with the application. Amendments were not requested during the application process as the application is retrospective and the stables have already been constructed. However, correspondence was conducted during the course of the application. Where the application has been publicised by notice(s) in the vicinity of the site. It is respectfully requested that the notice(s) now be removed and responsibly disposed of to avoid harm to the appearance of the area

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
HD9 5ND
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2025
Consultation expiry
28 November 2025
Consultation start
7 November 2025
Consultation end
28 November 2025
Target decision date
18 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Suite 6, Firth Buildings, 99-103, Leeds Road, Dewsbury, WF12 7BU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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. 2025
    29 Sep

    Change of use and alterations to barn to form boarding kennels/dog grooming/pet food shop

    This applicationRefusedFull2025/92721
  2. 2025
    29 Sep

    Erection of stables and formation of hardstanding

    RefusedFullFiled alongside2025/92724

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