ground floor, 2, Bridge Street, Batley, WF17 5NU Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Prior notification for change of use from commercial/business/service to 4 dwellings Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 27 Feb 2026 · Last checked 20 Oct 2026
Documents 1
Decision & officer reports 1
Site constraints 5
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.
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Important details
- Council
- Kirklees
- Postcode
- WF17 5NU
- Received
- 23 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 5 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Batley East
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 1 Mar 2026
- Decision
- REFUSED
- Decision date
- 27 Feb 2026
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 26 Aug 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6005744 ↗
- Applicant
- Show
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 53 days from validation, 7 days faster than Kirklees's median of 60 for changes of use. Refused, as 26% of changes of use here are.
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
16 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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