Kirkby Wood, Clough Road, Flockton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire Data via plota.co.uk

2026/92346 Decided

Proposal

Work to trees TPO DD2/51 Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 29 Oct 2026, 02:44

Application progress

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Received

20 Aug 2026

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Part granted/part refused

16 Sept 2026

Part granted/part refused on 16 Sept 2026 · Last checked 19 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

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Site constraints 5

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.

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Coal mining development high risk area

Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.

From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.

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Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; Priority habitat about 1 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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 · 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 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: WF4 4AQ
Received: 20 Aug 2026
Validated: 20 Aug 2026
Ward: Denby Dale
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 Oct 2026
Decision: PART GRANTED/PART REFUSED
Decision date: 16 Sept 2026
Applicant: Show

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