Calderdale planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, updated daily. Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council received 217 planning applications in the last 90 days, 9 of them major schemes. 85% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 82 days.
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Recent applications in Calderdale
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Land At Coordinates 408607 420941 Saddleworth Road Greetland Elland Calderdale
120-home hybrid residential scheme, Elland, outline and full elements. Full permission is sought for 81 homes, with an outline element for a 1.38ha eastern parcel across 5.21ha at Greetland, Calderdale. Groundworks, drainage, frame and brickwork packages open first, with roofing, M&E and hard…
GroundworksDrainageStructural frame
Unit Known As Unit 1 Venture House Silver Street Halifax Calderdale
Eight-flat Class E conversion prior approval, Halifax. Converts Unit 1, Venture House, Silver Street into eight apartments under permitted development, at prior approval stage. Internal fit-out, new M&E, drainage and sound insulation packages suit local installers as the scheme moves toward…
Fit-outM&EDrainage
Land South Of Sowerby Croft Barn Sowerby Croft Lane Sowerby Bridge Calderdale
Single-dwelling barn conversion with extension and glazed link, Calderdale, full stage. Converts an agricultural barn into one home after stable demolition, adding an extension and glazed link at full application stage. Masonry repair, roofing, bespoke glazing and joinery packages suit local…
DemolitionBrickworkRoofing
42 Moorfield Street Halifax Calderdale HX1 3AY
Three-flat conversion of a Halifax house, full application stage. One existing dwelling reconfigured into three one-bedroom apartments at 42 Moorfield Street. Internal partitioning, kitchens and bathrooms, fire separation and M&E rewiring suit local fit-out and plumbing subcontractors.
Fit-outM&EJoinery
Rodmer Clough Farm Dark Lane Colden Hebden Bridge Calderdale HX7 7PJ
Overhead line rebuild near Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, electricity board consultation. Replaces a section of overhead line between Rodmer Clough Farm and Salt Pie, at consultation stage. Pole foundations and steel pole or tower replacement open groundworks and steelwork packages for utility…
GroundworksSteel
Land South Of Brook House Grange Brook House Lane Head Lane Ogden Halifax Calderdale
Four-lodge holiday accommodation scheme, Halifax, full application stage. Four holiday lodges on land off Brook House Lane, Ogden, with no permanent dwellings. Groundworks, drainage and utility connections for the plot bases, plus joinery and insulation for the lodge packages, suit local…
GroundworksDrainageM&E
Brighouse Pool And FItness Centre 2 Woodvale Road Brighouse Calderdale HD6 4AX
Air-source heat-pump outbuilding for Brighouse Pool, Calderdale. New free-standing plant building for the pool's decarbonisation, at full council application stage. Groundworks, heat-pump plant supply and M&E connections into the pool's heating system suit local contractors.
GroundworksRenewablesM&E
112 Lindley Moor Road Ainley Top Elland Calderdale HD3 3RN
Two-storey rear and side extensions plus a detached garage, Elland, Calderdale. Householder works adding substantial floorspace and a new free-standing garage at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing and groundworks for the extension footings and garage base are the packages to pursue locally.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
Vicars Park Norland Road Greetland Elland Calderdale HX4 8PT
Steel portal-framed agricultural building notification, Calderdale. New farm building for machinery, straw and feed storage at Vicars Park, Greetland, at prior approval stage. Steel frame, cladding and base groundworks are open to fabricators and agricultural cladding installers.
GroundworksStructural frameSteel
Old Sparkhouse Barn 55 Spark House Lane Sowerby Bridge Calderdale HX6 3QU
Overhead conductor replacement, Sowerby Bridge, electricity network consultation. Replaces existing aerial bunched conductors on the Spark House Lane line, a statutory electricity consultation rather than a planning permission. Lineworks contractors and conductor suppliers are the packages in play…
M&E
Springfield Farm Berry Mill Lane Stainland Elland Calderdale HX4 9LQ
Overhead line conductor replacement, Stainland, Calderdale. Swaps open wire conductors for aerial bunched cable on an existing line at Springfield Farm, via electricity network consultation. Overhead line contractors, cable suppliers and line-stringing crews are the buyers here, with bunched cable…
M&E
Land At Junction Of Saddleworth Road And Daleside Greetland Elland Calderdale
Overhead line reconductoring scheme, Calderdale, electricity board consultation. Replaces open wire conductors with aerial bunched cable at Saddleworth Road, Greetland, submitted to the electricity network operator. Opportunity sits with overhead line contractors supplying bunched cable…
M&E
Upper Bottomley Farmhouse Bottomley Lane Barkisland Sowerby Bridge Calderdale HX4 0ET
Overhead line conductor replacement, Barkisland, electricity board consultation. Replaces open wire conductors with aerial bunched conductor on an existing rural line, at consultation stage. Live-line overhead contractors, conductor suppliers and pole-top hardware distributors are the relevant…
M&E
STREET RECORD Cromwell View Southowram Brighouse Calderdale
Overhead line conductor replacement, Southowram, Brighouse. Swaps open wired conductors for aerial bunched cable on the street at Cromwell View, submitted as an electricity board consultation. Overhead line crews, poles and cable hardware suppliers are the trades in play, with the works confined to…
M&E
Land Adjacent To Myrtle Cottage Jubilee Road Siddal Halifax Calderdale
Overhead line conductor replacement, Siddal Halifax, electricity board consultation. Swaps open wire conductors for aerial bunched cable on an existing Jubilee Road overhead line. Overhead line contractors for stringing, jointing and hardware are the commercial opportunity.
M&E
Planning appeals in Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, raw rate
17.5%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
29.9%
national rates applied to this caseload
12.4 percentage points below expected. Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record predicts.
570 appeals counted, 504 judged either way (88 allowed, 416 dismissed), 66 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 20.5% | 28.8% | 264 | 263 | 54 |
| Householder (HAS) | 18.3% | 35.6% | 146 | 142 | 26 |
| Enforcement Notice | 0% | 13.5% | 42 | 31 | 0 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 10% | 25% | 23 | 20 | 2 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 7.1% | 33.3% | 15 | 14 | 1 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 23.1% | 36.9% | 13 | 13 | 3 |
| Tree Preservation Order | 10% | 20.6% | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| Advertisement Appeal | 0% | 36% | 5 | 5 | 0 |
8 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rights Of Way - Schedule 14D | None judged | Not published | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Common Land | None judged | Not published | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Environmental | None judged | Not published | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | Too few judged | 8.1% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| High Hedges | Too few judged | 28.5% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts) | Too few judged | 27.6% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rights of Way Modifications | Too few judged | 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rights of Way Opposed Orders | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent20 homes
- Affordable rent15 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder83% (116 decided)
- other89% (47 decided)
- commercial88% (26 decided)
- residential77% (26 decided)
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