9 Greenacres Drive Keighley West Yorkshire BD20 6NF Data via plota.co.uk

26/00669/CLP - Cert of Lawfulness of Proposed Use Refused

Proposal

Change of use from residential dwelling (Use Class C3) to residential children's home (C2) for up to 3 children Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
14 Apr 2026
✓
Consultation
14 Apr 2026
✗
Refused
9 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 9 Jun 2026 · Area Planning Manager · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Bradford and South Pennines; Conservation area about 86 m away: Devonshire Park And Cliffe Castle; Inside the Keighley built-up area; Heritage at risk about 86 m away: Devonshire Park and Cliffe Castle, Keighley; Green belt about 70 m away: South and West Yorkshire; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.

Sales history 4

Last sold for £200,000 in April 2008. Detached house, freehold.

4 April 2008£200,000
18 July 2003£115,000
12 October 1998£60,000
22 June 1995£53,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Bradford
Application type
Cert of Lawfulness of Proposed Use
Postcode
BD20 6NF
Received
14 Apr 2026
Validated
14 Apr 2026
Ward
Keighley Central (ward 15)
Parish
Keighley Parish Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Jun 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
9 Jun 2026
Decision level
Area Planning Manager
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 19% of changes of use here are.

62%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
227decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Bradford in the last twelve months, from validation. Bradford decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14690738
Consultation
14 Apr 2026
Comments by
5 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
Bradford
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#195 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Bradford ranks #192 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bradford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #188 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #200 of 296
58%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #192 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #148 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
252 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
22 decided (10+ homes)
76%
Change of use approved
101 decided
2,322
Total decisions
323 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.