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27, Town Gate, Upperthong, Holmfirth, HD9 3UX

2026/90864FullApproved

Approved on 14 August 2026

Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing rear extension and erection of two storey rear extension and front porch (within a Conservation Area)

Received
30 March 2026
Ward
Holme Valley South
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.23 May
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 135 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 27, Town Gate, Upperthong, Holmfirth, HD9 3UX. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 12 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in the Upperthong conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 151 applications across Holme Valley South. We hold 4,649 applications in total for the HD9 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
HD9 3UX
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2026
Consultation expiry
22 May 2026
Consultation start
30 April 2026
Consultation end
23 May 2026
Target decision date
27 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
L'ARCHE DEVELOPMENTS (YORKSHIRE) LIMITED
Agent address
No 3, The Old Brickworks, Top O' Th Bank, Thurstonland, Huddersfield, HD4 6UY

Planning decision

Case officer
Joshua Merriman
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Upperthong
  • 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 2026-11-03. 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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