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13, Banks Road, Golcar, Huddersfield, HD7 4LX

2026/90036FullRefused

Refused on 16 March 2026

1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Erection of fence

Received
5 January 2026
Ward
Golcar Ward
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 13, Banks Road, Golcar, Huddersfield, HD7 4LX. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Golcar Ward. We hold 365 applications in total for the HD7 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 development are: The proposed fence by virtue of its siting, scale and design would result in an incongruous feature within a prominent location which would detract from the character and appearance of the wider street scene. To permit the proposal would be contrary to Policy LP24 of the Kirklees Local Plan and advice contained within Chapter 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework. Plans and specifications schedule:- Plan Type Reference Version Date Received Location Plan - - 19/01/2026 Boundary Plan - - 19/01/2026 Photos of Boundary Fence - - 19/01/2026 Photos General 1 - 19/01/2026 Plan Type Reference Version Date Received Photos General 2 - 19/01/2026 Photos General 3 - 19/01/2026 Photos General 4 - 19/01/2026 Photos General 5 - 19/01/2026 Photos General 6 - 19/01/2026 Photos General 7 - 19/01/2026 Photos General 8 - 19/01/2026 Photos General 9 - 19/01/2026 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 Authority have, 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. No amendments were sought as it was considered that the proposal was beyond the scope of acceptability given the context of the surrounding street scene. 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
HD7 4LX
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Consultation expiry
26 February 2026
Consultation start
5 February 2026
Consultation end
26 February 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
22

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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