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257, Birkby Road, Birkby, Huddersfield, HD2 2DW

2026/91392FullApproved

Approved on 5 August 2026

Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of dwelling with garage, access and associated works

Received
21 May 2026
Ward
Lindley Ward
  1. Received21 May
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.16 Jul
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 257, Birkby Road, Birkby, Huddersfield, HD2 2DW. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Lindley Ward. We hold 427 applications in total for the HD2 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
HD2 2DW
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2026
Consultation expiry
16 July 2026
Consultation start
25 June 2026
Consultation end
16 July 2026
Target decision date
5 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
HENEGHAN ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Unit 16, Queens Square, Huddersfield Road, Honley, Holmfirth, HD9 6QZ

Planning decision

Case officer
Joshua Merriman
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.

  • 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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