Todmorden Town Hall Rochdale Road Todmorden Calderdale OL14 5AA Data via plota.co.uk

25/00660/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Alterations to external ramp and stair balustrade railings (Listed Building Consent) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Nov 2025
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Consultation
14 Nov 2025
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Approved
23 Dec 2025
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Appeal allowed
20 Apr 2026

Approved on 23 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

Site constraints 8

Grade I listed: Todmorden Town Hall
List entry 1228980 · The pin is inside its outline · 14 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 13 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Todmorden conservation area
Also Todmorden. Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; National infrastructure project: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application; Tree preservation order 3 m away: Todmorden 1951 General; Inside the Todmorden built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 5, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 9 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Calderdale
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
OL14 5AA
Received
5 Nov 2025
Validated
5 Nov 2025
Ward
Todmorden West
Parish
Todmorden Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
31 Dec 2025
Decision
Grant Listed Building Consent
Decision date
23 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Appeal
Allowed · 20 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6003826 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
CAFM

How this decision compares

Decided in 48 days from validation, 10 days faster than Calderdale's median of 58 for listed building works. Approved, as 89% of listed building works here are.

49%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
7%go to committee

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Calderdale in the last twelve months, from validation. Calderdale decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

35 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
14 Nov 2025
Consultation
14 Nov 2025
Comments by
18 Dec 2025
Site or press notice
28 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
31 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No
Calderdale
Planning Authority Score
2.7/10
Poor
#240 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Calderdale ranks #193 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 50% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Calderdale decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #192 of 296
87%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #229 of 296
58%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #193 of 296
50%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #223 of 296
73%
Minor dwellings approved
103 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
61 decided
856
Total decisions
121 refused in the year to March 2026

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