Huddersfield Open Market, Brook Street, Huddersfield, HD1 1DY Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
External works to Market Building and wider site including alteration and demolition of modern additions to the Market building, new glazed screens, new WC and welfare facilities, provision of services and lighting including associated works, remodelling to the stone annexe, alterations to catering facilities, and self-contained commercial units, works to floor surfaces of Market Building. Use of Market Building for a mix of uses (sui generis) including retail, hot food takeaway, drinking establishment, restaurant / café uses, market office, public welfare facilities, storage facilities as well as provision of areas that provide a mix of fixed and flexible indoor and outdoor market stalls. Creation of areas for open market, siting of associated structures, installation of new fixed market stalls demolition of external bin store and creation of waste compound area, storage compounds, vehicular parking, remodelling and surfacing of areas of hardstanding, street furniture, car park layout, installation of parcel lockers, landscaping and associated works (Listed Building within a Conservation Area) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 29 Apr 2026 · Last checked 13 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Kirklees District-Wide Planning Committee on 16 Apr 2026. Earlier deferred on 29 Jan 2026.
Approved
- Officers advised approval because the redevelopment was considered acceptable with conditions and would support town-centre regeneration.
- Fifty-eight objections raised concerns about traders, character, access, closure, heritage and the temporary market, while supporters also addressed the committee.
- The committee voted 5–3 to delegate approval to the Head of Planning and Development, subject to conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of Kirklees's committee minutes of 16 Apr 2026.
Documents 1
Other documents 1
Associated applications 2
Site constraints 7
Show all 26 with distances
- 18 m23, Byram StreetGrade II
- 28 m70-78, John William StreetGrade II
- 34 mWholesale Market for Fruit and VegetablesGrade II*
- 34 mPrincess CinemaGrade II
- 39 m68, John William StreetGrade II
- 46 m64 and 66, John William StreetGrade II
- 51 m1 and 3, Brook StreetGrade II
- 54 m11, Brook StreetGrade II
- 59 mFormer Empire CinemaGrade II
- 60 m1 and 3, Northumberland StreetGrade II
- 64 m13-17, Brook StreetGrade II
- 64 m8 Northumberland StreetGrade II
- 71 mFour Telephone Kiosks Outside Head Post OfficeGrade II
- 79 m13-18 Byram StreetGrade II
- 84 mThe George Hotel including stone-flagged area and surrounding walls and railings to the south and westGrade II*
- 89 m32 and 34 Wood StreetGrade II
- 96 mRailings to Station YardGrade II
- 97 mLion BuildingsGrade II*
- 114 mRevenue ChambersGrade II
- 129 mFriendly and Trades ClubGrade II
- 137 mKirklees District Department of Social ServicesGrade II
- 138 mUnnamed
- 139 mUnnamed
- 140 mUnnamed
- 140 mBritannia BuildingsGrade II*
- 145 mUnnamed
Checked on 13 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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How this decision compares
Decided in 243 days from validation, 160 days slower than Kirklees's median of 83 for full applications. Approved, as 91% of full applications here are.
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