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Summerhill, 86, Hopton Lane, Lower Hopton, Mirfield, WF14 8JS

2026/91309FullApproved

Approved on 10 August 2026

Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION7 conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of replacement dwelling

Received
15 May 2026
Ward
Mirfield Ward
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated20 May
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target15 Jul
  5. Decided10 Aug

Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Summerhill, 86, Hopton Lane, Lower Hopton, Mirfield, WF14 8JS. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Mirfield Ward. We hold 668 applications in total for the WF14 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
WF14 8JS
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 May 2026
Consultation expiry
10 June 2026
Consultation start
20 May 2026
Consultation end
10 June 2026
Target decision date
15 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Velocity Point, Wreakes Lane, Dronfield, S18 1PN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
9

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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    28 Sep

    Discharge of details reserved by conditions 4 (materials) and 5 (boundary treatments) on previous permission…

    Discharge of conditions2026/92724
  2. 2026
    15 May

    Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of replacement dwelling

    This applicationApprovedFull2026/91309

Source: Kirklees

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