7 Rooley Lane Sowerby Sowerby Bridge Calderdale HX6 1JG Data via plota.co.uk

26/00492/192 - Lawful Dev. Certificate Proposed Use Approved

Proposal

Loft conversion and rear dormer (Lawful Development Certificate) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
1 Jun 2026
Validated
22 Jun 2026
Approved
22 Jun 2026

Approved on 22 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Aug 2026

Site constraints 6

Also on the record
Scheduled monument 161 m away: Castle Hill motte castle 270m north east of Rosemary Hall; Nature recovery project: Bradford and South Pennines; 4 listed buildings within 150 m; Green belt 6 m away: South and West Yorkshire; Inside the Sowerby Bridge built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Calderdale
Application type
Lawful Dev. Certificate Proposed Use
Postcode
HX6 1JG
Received
1 Jun 2026
Validated
22 Jun 2026
Ward
Ryburn
Parish
Not In A Parish
Case officer
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Target decision
17 Aug 2026
Decision
Grant Section 191/192 Certificate
Decision date
22 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 0 days from validation, 56 days faster than Calderdale's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 83% of extensions here are.

72%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
205decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Calderdale in the last twelve months, from validation. Calderdale decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 18 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14858560
Env. assessment
No
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