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Slaithwaite Reservoir, Bank Gate, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5XE

2025/92793Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 6 February 2026

Council decision: DETAILS APPROVED5 conditions

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

Proposal

Prior approval under part 18 for measures in the interest of safety under section 10 of the Reservoirs Act 1975, comprising upgraded spillway, earthworks and ancillary works

Received
7 October 2025
Ward
Colne Valley
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 122 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Slaithwaite Reservoir, Bank Gate, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5XE. Kirklees has handled 20,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 122 days, 9 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Colne Valley. We hold 363 applications in total for the HD7 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
HD7 5XE
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2025
Target decision date
1 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
16

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.

Source: Kirklees

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