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Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,037Searchable applications
350Recorded as pending
74%Approval rate · 282 approved or refused records
74Refused applications
208 approved · 74 refused · 21 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2020 to 17 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas27 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas8 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Permit26/00060/HSE
Single Storey Rear Extension
117 Dudwell Lane Halifax Calderdale HX3 0SS
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Permit26/00061/HSE
Front extension to include raising the ridge height and external walls of the west/north facing elevation, construction of a single storey extension to the south facing extension along with new fenestration and rooflights.
Wild Acres Heath Hill Road Halifax Calderdale HX2 7AS
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Partially Complied With21/01067/DISC3
Submission of information to Discharge Condition 11 on outline planning application 21/01067/OUT
Calderdale Royal Hospital Dryclough Lane Halifax HX3 0PW
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Partially Complied With21/01067/DISC4
Submission of information to discharge condition 15 on planning application 21/01067/OUT
Calderdale Royal Hospital Dryclough Lane Halifax Calderdale HX3 0PW
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00018/FUL
Two detached dwellings
Former 15 South Lane Shelf Halifax Calderdale HX3 7PN
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00064/FUL
Creation of access road, attenuation infrastructure and associated retaining structures (part-retrospective)
Land Rear Of 30 Cross Lee Road Todmorden Calderdale
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00065/FUL
Retrospective - Change of use of land to form a 3 pitch gypsy and traveller family site with 3 day rooms and access taken from Vegal Crescent
Land West Of 16 Vegal Crescent Ovenden Halifax Calderdale
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Permit26/00020/FUL
Demolition of existing sunroom and removal of chimney. Change of use of barn to create additional living accommodation to existing dwelling. Two storey side extension to existing dwelling and construction of rear dormer.
Hawksclough Farm Jerusalem Lane Luddenden Halifax Calderdale HX2 6XB
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Raise No Objections26/22006/TCA
Reduce two trees (Tree Conservation Area)
8 Savile Park Terrace Halifax Calderdale HX1 3EU
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00066/FUL
Demolition of existing stable building and storage container to facilitate detached dwelling
Stable Block Overbank Cottage Sunny Bank Lane Southowram Halifax Calderdale
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Permit26/00067/FUL
Change of Use from Class C3a (Dwellinghouse) to Class C2 (Children's Residential Care Home)
20 Dryclough Lane Halifax Calderdale HX3 0PE
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Grant Listed Building Consent26/00068/LBC
Replace existing rotten wooden Gibbet replica with exact matching bespoke rebuilt wooden Gibbet (Listed Building Consent)
Remains Of Gibbet Gibbet Street Halifax Calderdale
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Permit26/00069/FUL
Change use of a dwelling (Class C3a) to a children's home for up to four children (Class C2).
Orrell House Church Bank Sowerby Bridge Calderdale HX6 2LP
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Permit26/00071/COU
Change of use of first floor residential (Class C3) into a women's day centre (Class E(f))
2 Raglan Street Halifax Calderdale HX1 5QZ
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Grant Consent26/20008/TPO
Prune four trees (Tree Preservation Order)
85 Fore Lane Avenue Sowerby Sowerby Bridge Calderdale HX6 1AZ
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Permit26/00073/HSE
Single storey side and rear extensions, part garage conversion, porch to the front, dormer to the rear
42 Elmwood Drive Brighouse Calderdale HD6 2AP
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Grant Consent26/20009/TPO
Prune Trees (Tree Preservation Order)
Shawcroft Luddenden Lane Luddenden Foot Sowerby Bridge Calderdale HX2 6PE
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Pending Consideration26/00074/FUL
Three storey, five bedroom detached dwelling
Land Adjacent To The Hollies Strines Street Walsden Todmorden Calderdale
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Permit26/00075/HSE
First floor side extension
3 Mount Tabor Road Mount Tabor Halifax Calderdale HX2 0UP
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Permit26/00076/HSE
Demolish rear conservatory to facilitate single-storey extension and flat roofed linked extension to new single-storey pitched-roof extension.
Rose Cottage Ryburn Lane Ripponden Sowerby Bridge Calderdale HX6 4AQ
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Grant Listed Building Consent26/00077/LBC
Demolish rear conservatory to facilitate single-storey extension and flat roofed linked extension to new single-storey pitched-roof extension. (Listed Building Consent)
Rose Cottage Ryburn Lane Ripponden Sowerby Bridge Calderdale HX6 4AQ
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Pending Decision25/01078/DISC1
Submission of Biodiversity Gain Plan and Biodiversity Metric Calculation to discharge the General Biodiversity Condition set out under 25/01078/FUL
Field Lane Primary School Burnsall Road Rastrick Brighouse HD6 3JT
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Grant Consent26/20010/TPO
Fell one tree and prune trees (Tree Preservation Order)
245 Long Lane Wheatley Halifax Calderdale HX2 0UZ
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Grant Consent26/20011/TPO
Prune one tree (Tree Preservation Order)
Bridleways 2 Rossendale View Todmorden Calderdale OL14 6HN
Received 27 Jan 2026
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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