Moortop Farm, Slaithwaite Road, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5PT Data via plota.co.uk

2026/92656 Application undecided
Change of use

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from dwelling (use class C3) to residential care home (use class C2) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Sept 2026
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Validated
2 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 27 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 27 Nov 2026 and 11 Dec 2026, from Kirklees's recent changes of use.

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Redacted Application · 22 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 5

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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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 5. 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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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.

Building

Floor area252 m² (2,713 sq ft)
Energy ratingB (82 out of 100), could reach A
PropertySemi-detached house, 9 habitable rooms
Built1900 to 1929
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSandstone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2026, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Kirklees
Postcode
HD9 5PT
Received
21 Sept 2026
Validated
2 Oct 2026
Ward
Holme Valley North Ward
Case officer
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Target decision
27 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 26 of the 56-day target. Kirklees usually decides changes of use by day 60.

Day 2634 days to the predicted decision (day 60)
43%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
114decided in the last year

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

Historical activity at this location

9 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Copley House Farm, Slaithwaite Road, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5PT
Removal of existing porch and erection of single storey front extension, including conver…
2025/93208
2025 Approved
Meltham Grange Farm, Slaithwaite Road, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5PT
Prior notification for change of use of 2 agriultural buildings to 3 dwellings
2025/91403
2023 Approved
Grange Farm, Slaithwaite Road, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5PT
Partial demolition of existing outbuilding and alterations to form office/gym/garage/trai…
2023/91267
2021 Approved
Queen Marys Farm, Slaithwaite Road, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5PT
Erection of kitchen extension with external alterations
2021/94663
2020 Withdrawn
Land off, Deer Hill End Road, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5PT
Erection of pigeon shed
2020/93863
2019 Refused
Queen Marys Farm, Slaithwaite Road, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5PT
Replacement of existing conservatory, replacement of pitched roof to flat and erection of…
2019/92593
2019 Approved
Queen Marys Farm, Slaithwaite Road, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5PT
Replacement of existing conservatory, replacement of pitched roof to flat and erection of…
2019/91249
2017 Refused
Queen Marys Farm, Slaithwaite Road, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5PT
Erection of first floor extension, formation of driveway and alterations to form garage.
2017/90221
2016 Refused
Queen Marys Farm, Slaithwaite Road, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5PT
Erection of detached garage with studio/gym over
2016/91677
Kirklees
Planning Authority Score
2.6/10
Poor
#249 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.