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land off, Old Westgate, Dewsbury, WF13 1NE

2025/93047FullWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 10 August 2026

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

Proposal

Change of use of car park previously used as taxi parking and partial flat development to hand car wash (within a Conservation Area)

Received
4 November 2025
Ward
Dewsbury East
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.18 Dec
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided10 Aug

Decided in 277 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at land off, Old Westgate, Dewsbury, WF13 1NE. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 279 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Dewsbury Town Centre conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Dewsbury East. We hold 176 applications in total for the WF13 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
WF13 1NE
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2025
Consultation expiry
13 February 2026
Consultation start
11 November 2025
Consultation end
18 December 2025
Target decision date
1 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Suite 4, Batley Business Park, Technology Drive, Batley, WF17 6ER

Planning decision

Case officer
Faiza Bano
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Dewsbury Town Centre
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Dewsbury
  • Brownfield land register: 13, Nelson Street, DewsburyRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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