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Denby Dale News, 337-339, Wakefield Road, Denby Dale, Huddersfield, HD8 8RT

2026/90446FullApproved

Approved on 26 June 2026

Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION11 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use and alterations to convert from retail to micro bar (sui generis) with beer garden to rear

Received
17 February 2026
Ward
Denby Dale
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 123 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Denby Dale News, 337-339, Wakefield Road, Denby Dale, Huddersfield, HD8 8RT. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 10 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Denby Dale. We hold 4,270 applications in total for the HD8 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
HD8 8RT
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
2 April 2026
Consultation start
24 February 2026
Consultation end
2 April 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
61

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.

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    Discharge of details reserved by conditions 8 (waste/recycling), 9 (lighting), 10 (noise management) on…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/92104
  2. 2026
    17 Feb

    Change of use and alterations to convert from retail to micro bar (sui generis) with beer garden to rear

    This applicationApprovedFull2026/90446

Source: Kirklees

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