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Hepworth Junior And Infant School, Main Gate, Hepworth, Holmfirth, HD9 1TJ

2026/90442AmendmentPermitted
Lawful development certificate

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for existing works to modernise foul and surface water drainage system from a septic tank system (within a Conservation Area)

Received
16 February 2026
Decided
13 May 2026 · CERT OF LAWFUL OPPS GRANTED
Ward
Holme Valley South
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Apr
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Kirklees79% of amendment applications approved

This is an application to amend a permission at Hepworth Junior And Infant School, Main Gate, Hepworth, Holmfirth, HD9 1TJ. Kirklees has handled 1,184 applications of this type and approves 83% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Kirklees's median. The site is in the Hepworth conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 157 applications across Holme Valley South. We hold 4,599 applications in total for the HD9 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
2026/90442
Address
Hepworth Junior And Infant School, Main Gate, Hepworth, Holmfirth, HD9 1TJ
Postcode
HD9 1TJ
Local Authority
Kirklees
Application Type
Amendment
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Ward
Holme Valley South

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
16 February 2026
Target Decision Date
16 April 2026
Date Decided
13 May 2026
Date Validated
19 February 2026
Date Submitted
16 February 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
CERT OF LAWFUL OPPS GRANTED
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
6
Coordinates
53.555336, -1.752438
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Kirklees

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Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Hepworth
  • 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, 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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