Land at, Blue Hills Farm, Whitehall Road West, Birkenshaw, BD11 2DU Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Discharge of details reserved by condition 5 (retaining walls) of previous Reserved Matters approval for development of 91 dwellings, pursuant to outline permission (for erection of up to 127 dwellings, with details of access) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 5 May 2026 · Last checked 13 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Kirklees Strategic Planning Committee on 2 Apr 2026. Earlier deferred on 15 Jan 2026.
Approved
- Officers advised approval because tinting and planting would reduce the retaining wall’s visual harm to an acceptable level.
- Councillors raised concerns about the wall’s appearance, deterioration, maintenance and effect on the entrance to Birkenshaw.
- The committee unanimously voted to approve the application and delegate the decision notice.
Source: Plota analysis of Kirklees's committee minutes, Kirklees Strategic Planning Committee minutes, 2 April 2026 .
Documents 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 6
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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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 259 days from validation, 189 days slower than Kirklees's median of 70 for reserved matters. Approved, as 97% of reserved matters here are.
Plota live figures for reserved matters decided by Kirklees in the last twelve months, from validation. Kirklees decision record →
Historical activity at this location
34 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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%).
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