Low Farm, Wakefield Road, Flockton, Huddersfield, WF4 4BB Data via plota.co.uk

2026/92964 Application undecided
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Discharge of details reserved by conditions 24 (CCTV), 25 (external lighting), 26 (temporary structure) on previous permission for erection and operation of grid-connected solar photovoltaic farm to supply up to 49.99MW, with ancillary infrastructure and landscaping and biodiversity enhancements Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
21 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 16 Dec 2026.

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Other documents 1

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    Conditions details submitted for 19, 24, 25, 26

Site constraints 6

Green belt: South and West Yorkshire
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Public footpath about 8 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Priority habitat about 24 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 24 October 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, the Mining Remediation Authority, 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
Kirklees
Postcode
WF4 4BB
Received
21 Oct 2026
Validated
21 Oct 2026
Ward
Kirkburton Ward Old
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Dec 2026
Applicant
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Historical activity at this location

14 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Discharge of details reserved by condition 5 (LEMP) on previous permission 2021/93644 for…
2025/91494
2023 Approved
Discharge of condition 19 (Archaeological Investigations) of previous permission 2021/936…
2023/91185
2021 Approved
Erection and operation of grid-connected solar photovoltaic farm to supply up to 49.9MW…
2021/93644
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
The Cartshed, Rookery Farm, Wakefield Road, Grange Moor, WF4 4BB
Work to trees TPO KB1/49
2025/93117
2025 Approved
Low Farm, Wakefield Road, Grange Moor, Huddersfield, WF4 4BB
Certificate of lawfulness for existing construction of access road and erection of palisa…
2025/92303
2025 Approved
Low Farm, Wakefield Road, Grange Moor, Huddersfield, WF4 4BB
Discharge of details reserved by conditions 6 (Construction Management Plan), 7 (Construc…
2025/91264
2025 Approved
Rookery Barn, Rookery Farm, Wakefield Road, Grange Moor, Wakefield, WF4 4BB
Work to TPO(s) KB1/49
2025/91180
2025 Approved
Low Farm, Wakefield Road, Grange Moor, Huddersfield, WF4 4BB
Discharge of details reserved by conditions 8 (Construction Environmental Management Plan…
2025/91183
2024 Approved
Low Farm, Wakefield Road, Grange Moor, Huddersfield, WF4 4BB
Discharge of details reserved by conditions 12 (Phase II Ground Investigation Report) , 1…
2024/92554
2023 Approved
Low Farm, Wakefield Road, Grange Moor, Huddersfield, WF4 4BB
Discharge of condition 23 (animal gates) of previous permission 2021/93644 for erection a…
2023/92489
2023 Approved
Low Farm, Wakefield Road, Grange Moor, Huddersfield, WF4 4BB
Discharge of condition 10 (Arboricultural Method Statement) and 11 (Access Roads) of prev…
2023/92040
2023 Approved
Low Farm, Wakefield Road, Grange Moor, Huddersfield, WF4 4BB
Discharge condition 16 (Coal Mining Risk Assessment) on previous permission 2021/93644 fo…
2023/91673
2023 Withdrawn
Low Farm, Wakefield Road, Grange Moor, Huddersfield, WF4 4BB
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed erection of mounted antenna
2023/90391
2022 Approved
Low Farm, Wakefield Road, Grange Moor, Huddersfield, WF4 4BB
Discharge condition 9 (invasive non-native species) on previous permission 2021/93644 for…
2022/93737
Kirklees
Planning Authority Score
2.6/10
Poor
#249 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Kirklees is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #251 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 62% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Kirklees decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #86 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #131 of 296
46%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #251 of 296
62%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #274 of 296
86%
Minor dwellings approved
248 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
41 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
71 decided
1,779
Total decisions
151 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings