New Greenwood Lee Farm Widdop Road Heptonstall Hebden Bridge Calderdale HX7 7AZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00162/192 - Lawful Dev. Certificate Proposed Use Refused
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Improvements to an existing field access south of the farm building (Lawful Development Certificate) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
20 Feb 2026
✓
Validated
13 Mar 2026
✗
Refused
21 May 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 21 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 1 Jan 1900 View ↗ PDF OFFICER REPORT Report · 1 Jan 1900 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF LOCATION PLAN Drawing · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF OLD ACCESS CONSENT Supporting Information · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Boothroyd Farmhouse, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Agricultural land, grade 5
Very 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 4. 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.
Special protection area about 193 m away: South Pennine Moors Phase 2
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Public footpath about 28 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.
SSSI about 193 m away: South Pennine Moors SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Bradford and South Pennines; Radon affected area, class 3; National infrastructure project: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application.
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 Planning Inspectorate, 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £425,000 in October 2017. Other property, freehold.

30 October 2017£425,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Important details

Council
Calderdale
Application type
Lawful Dev. Certificate Proposed Use
Postcode
HX7 7AZ
Received
20 Feb 2026
Validated
13 Mar 2026
Ward
Hebden Bridge And Todmorden East
Parish
Heptonstall Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 May 2026
Decision
Refuse Section 191/192 Certificate
Decision date
21 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Rose Consulting

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14684471
Planning Portal ref
PP-14684471
Statutory expiry
8 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Withdrawn
Conversion of Barn, Mistal and Piggery into two dwellings with associated access from Wid…
21/01621/LBC
2021 Withdrawn
Conversion of Barn, Mistal and Piggery into two dwellings with associated access from Wid…
21/01620/CON
2021 Approved
Fabric improvements to the farmhouse building only with demolition of modern rear storage…
21/00927/LBC
2021 Approved
Construction of new field access from the highway (Lawful Development Certificate)
21/00218/192
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
High Greenwood House Widdop Road Heptonstall Hebden Bridge Calderdale HX7 7AZ
Non-material amendment to application 20/0072/HSE; amendment to east elevation
20/00721/NMA
2023
High Greenwood House Widdop Road Heptonstall Hebden Bridge HX7 7AZ
Submission of information to Discharge Condition 2 on planning application 22/01021/FUL
22/01021/DISC1
2016 Approved
Acre Piggery Widdop Road Heptonstall Hebden Bridge Calderdale HX7 7AZ
Lobby extension to rear (Listed Building Consent)
16/01218/LBC
2016 Approved
Acre Piggery Widdop Road Heptonstall Hebden Bridge Calderdale HX7 7AZ
Lobby extension
16/01153/HSE
2016 Approved
Acre Barn Widdop Road Heptonstall Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire HX7 7AZ
Conversion and extension of outbuildings to provide additional living space (Listed Build…
16/00581/LBC
2016 Approved
Acre Barn Widdop Road Heptonstall Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire HX7 7AZ
Conversion and extension of outbuildings to provide additional living space
16/00580/HSE
Calderdale
Planning Authority Score
2.7/10
Poor
#240 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Calderdale ranks #193 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 50% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Calderdale decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #192 of 296
87%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #229 of 296
58%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #193 of 296
50%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #223 of 296
73%
Minor dwellings approved
103 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
61 decided
856
Total decisions
121 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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