Windy Gap Farm, Little Lepton, Green Balk Lane, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0LN

2026/90728FullApproved

Approved on 21 May 2026

Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION

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

Proposal

Removal of agricultural building and erection of detached dwelling

Received: 13 March 2026
Council: Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Kirkburton Ward

ReceivedReceived13 Mar
ValidatedValidated23 Mar
Consult.Consultation30 Apr
TargetTarget Date18 May
DecidedDecided21 May

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Windy Gap Farm, Little Lepton, Green Balk Lane, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0LN. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Kirkburton Ward. 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 0LN
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 30 April 2026
Consultation start: 24 March 2026
Consultation end: 30 April 2026
Target decision date: 18 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent address: Velocity Point, Wreakes Lane, Dronfield, S18 1PN

Planning decision

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.

Green belt: Kirklees
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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: Kirklees

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