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Masons Lodge, 34, France Street, Soothill, Batley, WF17 6NU

2025/93159Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 13 February 2026

Council decision: DETAILS APPROVED

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

Proposal

Prior approval for enlargement of dwellinghouse by erection of additional storey

Received
12 November 2025
Ward
Batley East
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target7 Jan
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 93 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a new dwelling at Masons Lodge, 34, France Street, Soothill, Batley, WF17 6NU. Kirklees has handled 20,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 5 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in the Station Road conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Batley East. We hold 1,583 applications in total for the WF17 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WF17 6NU
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2025
Consultation expiry
15 December 2025
Consultation start
24 November 2025
Consultation end
15 December 2025
Target decision date
7 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
59A, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield, WF14 8AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (20)

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, 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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