23, Old Mill Farm, Wilshaw Mill Road, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 4EB

2026/91999TreesApproved

Approved on 28 August 2026

Council decision: GRANTED

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

Proposal

Work to trees within a Conservation Area

Received: 17 July 2026
Council: Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Holme Valley North Ward

ReceivedReceived17 Jul
ValidatedValidated17 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date28 Aug
DecidedDecided28 Aug

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 23, Old Mill Farm, Wilshaw Mill Road, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 4EB. Kirklees has handled 2,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in the Wilshaw conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Holme Valley North Ward. We hold 4,647 applications in total for the HD9 postcode area.

93% of trees 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 4EB
Application type: Trees
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 July 2026
Target decision date: 28 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 16, Shaw Lane, Holmfirth, HD9 2AD

Planning decision

Case officer: Jack Dunn
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 5

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: Wilshaw
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 (20)

flood storage 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.

Source: Kirklees

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