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The Water Tower, Green Side Road, Thurstonland, Huddersfield, HD4 6XA

2026/92537Approved

Approved on 4 November 2026

Council decision: CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION4 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use, conversion and alterations of an existing redundant water pumping station into short-stay visitor accommodation, together with associated internal and external alterations

Received
9 September 2026
Ward
Kirkburton Ward
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated9 Sep
  3. Consult.30 Oct
  4. Target4 Nov
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at The Water Tower, Green Side Road, Thurstonland, Huddersfield, HD4 6XA. Kirklees has handled 20,491 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Kirkburton Ward. We hold 1,701 applications in total for the HD4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
HD4 6XA

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 September 2026
Consultation end
30 October 2026
Target decision date
4 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
Orange Design Studio
Agent address
59A, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield, WF14 8AA

Planning decision

Case officer
Joanna Rednall

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

© 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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