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land off, Enfield Drive, Carlinghow, Batley, WF17 8DR

2026/90413Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 30 March 2026

1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Permission in principle for erection of one dwelling

Received
13 February 2026
Ward
Heckmonwike
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 34 days

About this application

This is a planning application at land off, Enfield Drive, Carlinghow, Batley, WF17 8DR. Kirklees has handled 20,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Kirklees's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Heckmonwike. We hold 1,583 applications in total for the WF17 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development would result in the loss of designated Urban Green Space, which makes an important contribution in terms of visual amenity and landscape value. The harm identified would be greater than the economic, social and environmental benefits provided by the erection of a dwelling. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy LP61 of the Kirklees Local Plan and Chapter 8 of the National Planning Policy Framework. Plans and specifications schedule: - Plan Type Reference Revision Date Received Location plan and Existing Plan 100 A 24/02/2026 Proposed Site Plan 201 A 24/02/2026 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 Planning Authority has, 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 negotiations were required to be undertaken during the application process as the application is a matter of determining the principle of residential development on the site.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WF17 8DR
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Consultation expiry
19 March 2026
Consultation start
25 February 2026
Consultation end
19 March 2026
Target decision date
30 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
103, Cumbrian Way, Wakefield, WF2 8JT

Planning decision

Statutory period
34 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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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