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6, Nook Green, Thornhill, Dewsbury, WF12 0BJ

2025/93306FullApproved

Approved on 26 January 2026

Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION

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

Proposal

Change of use from residential dwelling (Class C3) to children's care home (Class C2)

Received
1 December 2025
Ward
Dewsbury South
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 6, Nook Green, Thornhill, Dewsbury, WF12 0BJ. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Dewsbury South. We hold 252 applications in total for the WF12 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
WF12 0BJ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Consultation expiry
26 December 2025
Consultation start
2 December 2025
Consultation end
26 December 2025
Target decision date
26 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
23

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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