Oakwell Hall, Nutter Lane, Birstall, Batley, WF17 9LG
Approved on 1 September 2026
Council decision: CONSENT GRANTED
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Proposal
Listed Building Consent for repairs to the existing Oakwell Hall building
- Received
- 11 February 2026
- Ward
- Birstall and Birkenshaw
- ReceivedReceived11 Feb
- ValidatedValidated11 Feb
- Consult.Consultation18 Apr
- TargetTarget Date8 Apr
- DecidedDecided1 Sep
Decided in 202 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Oakwell Hall, Nutter Lane, Birstall, Batley, WF17 9LG. Kirklees has handled 936 applications of this type. This one was decided in 202 days, 21 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Birstall and Birkenshaw. We hold 1,583 applications in total for the WF17 postcode area.
95% of heritage 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
- WF17 9LG
- Application type
- Heritage
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 8 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 12 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 18 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 8 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Norwich Union House, 26, High Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2LF
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Nicole Helliwell
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 27
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Kirklees
- Local nature reserve: Oakwell Park
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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, 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: Kirklees
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