Textile Chambers, Hick Lane, Batley, WF17 5HW
Approved on 11 August 2026
Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION4 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use of first floor flat (c3) to a 3 room hostel (Sui Generis) (within a Conservation Area)
- Received
- 9 June 2026
- Ward
- Batley East
- ReceivedReceived9 Jun
- ValidatedValidated17 Jun
- Consult.Consultation6 Aug
- TargetTarget Date12 Aug
- DecidedDecided11 Aug
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Textile Chambers, Hick Lane, Batley, WF17 5HW. Kirklees has handled 10,679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in the Station Road conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Batley East. We hold 1,583 applications in total for the WF17 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
- WF17 5HW
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 June 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 8 July 2026
- Consultation start
- 17 June 2026
- Consultation end
- 6 August 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 61, Princeville Street, Bradford, BD7 2AG
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Elenya Jackson
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Station Road
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202521 Jan
Change of use of vacant textile chamber former office (Egi use) to form cafe and restaurant on ground floor…
CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSIONFull2025/90146 - 202412 Feb
Change of use of vacant textile chamber former office (Egi use) to form cafe and restaurant on ground floor…
CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSIONFull2024/90403 - 202331 Oct
Change of use and alterations to convert vacant textile hall former office (Egi use) to form 5no residential…
CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSIONFull2023/93235 - 202023 Jul
Work to trees within a conservation area
ApprovedTrees2020/92419
Source: Kirklees
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Nearby applications
- Textile Chambers, Hick Lane, Batley, WF17 5HW2025/90146 · FullApproved0.0 mi
- Textile Chambers, Hick Lane, Batley, WF17 5HW2024/90403 · FullApproved0.0 mi
- Textile Chambers, Hick Lane, Batley, WF17 5HW2023/93235 · FullApproved0.0 mi
- Rear of, Union Rooms, 4, Hick Lane, Batley, WF17 5HW2020/92419 · TreesApproved0.0 mi
- ground floor, Textile Chambers, Hick Lane, Batley, WF17 5HW2020/92551 · FullApproved0.0 mi
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Condition 4 on the decision asks for this.
- 2.1 miBirstall
- 3.7 miLeedsRTPI
- 24.1 miRochdale
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
Contractors near this project
Find contractors for change of use near this site- 1st Glass UKWindow & Door Installer0.1 mi
- Britannia Building Services (Yorks) LtdBatleyElectrician0.4 mi
- EDS Electrical Domestic ServicesElectrician0.6 mi
- MN Electrical ServicesElectrician0.6 mi
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