Lumb Lane Nurseries, Lumb Lane, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD4 6SZ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Erection of four dwellings Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 9 Mar 2026 · Last checked 13 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Kirklees District-Wide Planning Committee on 5 Mar 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the four homes were considered sustainable development with acceptable design, heritage, amenity and highway impacts.
- There were 89 objections and four supporting comments, covering Green Belt, design, heritage, traffic, ecology, drainage and residential amenity.
- The committee approved the application after a tied vote was resolved by the Chair’s casting vote, subject to delegated conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of Kirklees's committee minutes of 5 Mar 2026.
Documents 1
Other documents 1
Associated applications 5
Site constraints 7
Checked on 13 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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How this decision compares
Decided in 192 days from validation, 109 days slower than Kirklees's median of 83 for full applications. Approved, as 91% of full applications here are.
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18 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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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%).
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