Huddersfield Town, John Smiths Stadium, Stadium Way, Huddersfield, HD1 6PG Data via plota.co.uk

2025/91931 Approved

Proposal

Prior approval for installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
10 Jul 2025
✗
Appeal dismissed
11 Aug 2025
✓
Approved
3 Sept 2025

Approved on 3 Sept 2025 · Last checked 20 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Huddersfield built-up area; Flood defence about 41 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 20 year flood).
Not affected
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 6PG
Received
10 Jul 2025
Validated
10 Jul 2025
Ward
Dalton Ward Old
Case officer
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Target decision
3 Sept 2025
Decision
DETAILS APPROVED
Decision date
3 Sept 2025
Appeal
Dismissed · 11 Aug 2025 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 3367724 ↗
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How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 79% of prior approvals here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
83decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals 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

Leaseholders: 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.