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Summerhill, 86, Hopton Lane, Lower Hopton, Mirfield, WF14 8JS

2026/90068AmendmentRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 4 March 2026

Council decision: CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULOPERATIONS REFUSED1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for erection of single storey outbuilding

Received
9 January 2026
Ward
Mirfield Ward
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Summerhill, 86, Hopton Lane, Lower Hopton, Mirfield, WF14 8JS. Kirklees has handled 1,184 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Mirfield Ward. We hold 668 applications in total for the WF14 postcode area.

80% of amendment 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 proposal has been considered against the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) and is recommended for refusal. The proposed erection of an outbuilding is not considered to benefit from a general planning permission under the provisions of Class E, Part 1 of Schedule

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WF14 8JS
Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2026
Target decision date
6 March 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

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.

  • Green belt: Kirklees
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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