Edith Key and Barbara Hepworth sites, University Of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH Data via plota.co.uk

2025/91824 Approved

Proposal

Provision of new landscaping schemes at the Barbara Hepworth building and the site of the Edith Key building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Jul 2025
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Validated
16 Jul 2025
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Approved
23 Sept 2025

Approved on 23 Sept 2025 · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 7

Air quality management area: Kirklees AQMA 9
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Conservation area about 25 m away: Huddersfield Town Centre; 22 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Heritage at risk about 25 m away: Huddersfield, Huddersfield; Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Huddersfield built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 15 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
HD1 3DH
Received
2 Jul 2025
Validated
16 Jul 2025
Ward
Newsome
Case officer
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Target decision
10 Sept 2025
Decision
CONDITIONAL FULL PERMISSION
Decision date
23 Sept 2025
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 69 days from validation, 14 days faster than Kirklees's median of 83 for full applications. Approved, as 91% of full applications here are.

12%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
800decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Kirklees in the last twelve months, from validation. Kirklees decision record →

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