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Howley Park Brickworks Quarry Lane Woodkirk Dewsbury WF12 7JJ

26/00579/DEMDemolition NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 18 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Determination for the demolition of industrial buildings formally used in brick manufacturing

Received
3 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Morley South
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target28 Feb
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Howley Park Brickworks Quarry Lane Woodkirk Dewsbury WF12 7JJ. Leeds has handled 204 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Morley South. We hold 255 applications in total for the WF12 postcode area.

84% of all applications at Leeds City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WF12 7JJ
Application type
Demolition Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Morley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Consultation start
5 March 2026
Last date for comments
12 March 2026
Target decision date
28 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
25 days

Additional information

Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO1986_005Part of the site · +1 more
  • Green belt: Leeds
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Leeds

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