Airedale General Hospital Skipton Road Steeton With Eastburn West Yorkshire BD20 6TD Data via plota.co.uk

26/00040/MAF - Major Full Application Approved

Proposal

Construction of three-storey clinical building, including plant room, external assessment area and first floor pedestrian link to existing Acute Assessment Unit and Emergency Department, alongside hard and soft landscaping, and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Feb 2026
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Consultation
27 Apr 2026
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Approved
16 Jul 2026

Approved on 16 Jul 2026 · Area Planning Manager · Last checked 22 Jul 2026

Documents 28

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Bradford and South Pennines; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Cross Hills and Steeton built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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
Bradford
Application type
Major Full Application
Postcode
BD20 6TD
Received
5 Feb 2026
Validated
5 Feb 2026
Ward
Craven (ward 09)
Parish
Steeton With Eastburn Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Apr 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
16 Jul 2026
Decision level
Area Planning Manager
Applicant
Show
Agent
CBRE Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 161 days from validation, 105 days slower than Bradford's median of 56 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 80% of commercial and major works here are.

59%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
72decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Bradford in the last twelve months, from validation. Bradford decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14429914
Planning Portal ref
PP-14429914
Neighbours
17 Jul 2026
Consultation
27 Apr 2026
Comments by
18 May 2026
Site or press notice
17 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
Bradford
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#195 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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