George Hotel, St George's Square, Huddersfield, HD1 1JA
Approved on 6 August 2026
Council decision: CONSENT GRANTED5 conditions
Proposal
Listed Building Consent for internal works to allow the installation of a temporary staircase (to facilitate construction works in association with the refurbishment and redevelopment of the George Hotel and its coming into operational use to provide 108-bedroom hotel with bar, restaurant, gym, conference facilities and ancillary facilities, approved under previous Listed Building Consent application reference: 2025/91148 and previous planning permission reference: 2025/91147) (Listed Building within a Conservation Area)
- Received
- 19 May 2026
- Ward
- Dalton Ward
- ReceivedReceived19 May
- ValidatedValidated19 May
- Consult.Consultation3 Jul
- TargetTarget Date14 Jul
- DecidedDecided6 Aug
Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at George Hotel, St George's Square, Huddersfield, HD1 1JA. Kirklees has handled 936 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in the Huddersfield Town Centre conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There have been 17 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Newsome. We hold 1,844 applications in total for the HD1 postcode area.
95% of heritage 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
- HD1 1JA
- Application type
- Heritage
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 19 June 2026
- Consultation start
- 28 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 3 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 14 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Architect profile
- AHR BUILDING CONSULTANCY LIMITED
- Agent address
- Nowich Union House, 26, High Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2LR
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jillian Rann
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 25
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Huddersfield Town Centre
- Listed building: Grade II*: The George Hotel including stone-flagged area and surrounding walls and railings to the s…On or next to this site
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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
- 202619 May
Listed Building Consent for internal works to allow the installation of a temporary staircase (to facilitate…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent2026/91370 - 20266 Mar
Variation of condition 19 (masonry/walling) on previous permission no. 2025/91148
WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)2026/90641 - 202617 Feb
Variation of condition 15 (doors) on previous permission 2025/91148
REMOVAL OR MODIFICATION OF CONDITION(S)Variation of conditions (s73)2026/90462 - 202627 Jan
Discharge of details reserved by condition 15 (doors) (partial discharge – first bullet point only) on…
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION(S) SPLIT DECISIONDischarge of conditions2026/90231 - 202517 Dec
Discharge of details reserved by condition 5 (Method Statement - demolition, dismantling and alterations) of…
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION(S) APPROVEDDischarge of conditions2025/93484 - 202517 Dec
Discharge of details reserved by condition 17 (Method Statement - Protection of fixtures and fittings) of…
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION(S) APPROVEDDischarge of conditions2025/93485 - 202524 Nov
Discharge of details reserved by condition 6 (scheme of building recording) of previous listed building…
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION(S) APPROVEDDischarge of conditions2025/93243 - 202524 Apr
Refurbishment and redevelopment of the George Hotel (including partial demolition, partial reconstruction and…
ApprovedAmendmentPart of2025/91147 - 202524 Apr
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ApprovedListed building consentPart of2025/91148
Planning history at this site
9 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202628 Aug
Works to construct a new electrical sub station enclosure (structure) to serve the adjacent George Hotel…
Application2026/92410 - 202613 Jul
Variation of conditions 2 (approved plans), 7 (canopy), 16 (cycle storage) and 18 (waste storage and…
Variation of conditions (s73)2026/91957 - 202630 Jun
Variation of Conditions 2 (approved plans), 3 (canopy), 4 (John William Street facade works), 9 (floor…
Variation of conditions (s73)2026/91801 - 20261 Jun
Discharge of details reserved by condition 8 (Phase II Intrusive Site Investigation Report) (and related to…
Discharge of conditions2026/91488 - 202524 Nov
Discharge of details reserved by condition 17 (walls supporting the adjoining highway) on previous permission…
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION(S) SPLIT DECISIONDischarge of conditions2025/93245 - 202512 Nov
Discharge of details reserved by condition 27 (water supply) of previous permission 2025/91147
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION(S) APPROVEDDischarge of conditions2025/93155 - 202512 Nov
Discharge of details reserved by condition 21 (CEMP) of previous permission 2025/91147
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION(S) APPROVEDDischarge of conditions2025/93154 - 202512 Nov
Discharge of details reserved by condition 14 (construction traffic access) of previous permission 2025/91147
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION(S) APPROVEDDischarge of conditions2025/93153 - 201318 Feb
Discharge of condition 2 on previous permission 2012/93694
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION(S) APPROVEDDischarge of conditions2013/90511
Source: Kirklees
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