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2, Mavis Street, Scout Hill, Dewsbury, WF13 3RX

2026/90086FullApproved

Approved on 5 October 2026

Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION

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

Proposal

Change of use of existing dwelling (C3) to children's residential home (C2)

Received
12 January 2026
Ward
Dewsbury West
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided5 Oct

Decided in 252 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2, Mavis Street, Scout Hill, Dewsbury, WF13 3RX. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 266 days, 30 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Dewsbury West. 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 3RX
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Consultation expiry
9 March 2026
Consultation start
26 January 2026
Consultation end
9 March 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Jennifer Booth
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13

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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