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78, Huddersfield Road, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, HD8 9AS

2026/90839AmendmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 1 June 2026

Council decision: CERT OF LAWFUL OPPS GRANTED

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed loft conversion with rear dormer extension and erection of rear balcony with associated alterations

Received
26 March 2026
Ward
Denby Dale
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 78, Huddersfield Road, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, HD8 9AS. Kirklees has handled 1,184 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Denby Dale. We hold 4,272 applications in total for the HD8 postcode area.

80% of amendment 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 9AS
Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2026
Target decision date
22 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
HILL RISE ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
1-3, Hill Rise, Chapel Lane, Emley, Huddersfield, HD8 9SP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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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