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former, Almondbury High School, Fernside Avenue, Huddersfield, HD5 8PQ

2026/92339ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 22 September 2026

Council decision: DISCHARGE OF CONDITION(S) APPROVED

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

Proposal

Discharge of details reserved by conditions 3 (CEMP: Biodiversity), 4 (HMMP), 5 (kitchen interceptor), 10 (cycle storage), 11 (CEMP), BNG on previous permission 2024/91998 for erection of special educational needs and disabilities school (use class F1), comprising educational buildings, roof mounted photo-voltaic panels, sensory garden space, multi-use games areas, landscaping, hardstanding areas, carparking, access with secure fencing and associated ancillary development

Received
20 August 2026
Ward
Almondbury Ward
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Oct
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at former, Almondbury High School, Fernside Avenue, Huddersfield, HD5 8PQ. Kirklees has handled 1,877 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than Kirklees's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Almondbury Ward. We hold 796 applications in total for the HD5 postcode area.

93% of conditions 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
HD5 8PQ
Application type
Conditions
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2026
Target decision date
15 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3rd Floor, 2, Bond Court, Leeds, LS1 2JZ

Planning decision

Case officer
Katie Chew

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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