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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
208 approved · 74 refused · 21 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
New Road Sunday School New Hey Road Rastrick Brighouse Calderdale
Received 25 Sept 202536 - 40 West Parade Halifax Calderdale HX1 2TE
Received 7 Oct 202520 Bridle Stile Shelf Halifax Calderdale HX3 7NW
Received 8 Oct 2025Shelf House Green Lane Shelf Halifax Calderdale HX3 7TR
Received 13 Oct 20253 Moorland View Billy Lane Old Town HX7 8RY
Received 15 Oct 20252 Oakleigh Avenue Skircoat Green Halifax Calderdale HX3 0LE
Received 20 Oct 2025Brighouse Market Ship Street Brighouse HD6 1JX
Received 17 Oct 2025Ashday Hall Farm Ashday Lane Southowram Brighouse Calderdale HX3 9TR
Received 21 Oct 2025Petrol Filling Station Morrisons Supermarket Keighley Road Illingworth Halifax HX2 8HY
Received 22 Oct 2025Crawstone Laithe Dog Lane Greetland Elland Calderdale HX4 8PW
Received 7 Nov 202535A Rochdale Road Todmorden OL14 7LA
Received 11 Nov 2025Brighouse Market Ship Street Brighouse Calderdale HD6 1JX
Received 10 Nov 2025Ryburn Mills Hanson Lane Halifax Calderdale HX1 4SD
Received 12 Nov 2025Butchers Arms Rochdale Road Ripponden Sowerby Bridge Calderdale HX6 4JU
Received 17 Nov 2025Property Known As Old Slaughterhouse South Of 61 High Street Luddenden Halifax Calderdale
Received 17 Nov 2025Car Park South West Of Hare And Hounds Inn Burnley Road Todmorden Calderdale
Received 19 Nov 2025111 Shelf Hall Lane Shelf Halifax Calderdale HX3 7LT
Received 24 Nov 2025Land Opposite Avoca House Workhouse Lane West Vale Elland Calderdale
Received 25 Nov 20254 Market Street Halifax Calderdale HX1 1RN
Received 27 Nov 2025Land East Of 18 Hanson Road Rastrick Brighouse Calderdale
Received 27 Nov 2025Yorkshire Rider Limited Bus Garage Skircoat Road Halifax Calderdale HX1 2RF
Received 27 Nov 2025Nigh Beck 25 Harper Royd Lane Sowerby Bridge Calderdale HX6 3QQ
Received 2 Dec 2025Land North Of Holmfield Industrial Estate Holmfield Halifax Calderdale
Received 2 Dec 2025Shaws Lane Farm Shaws Lane Triangle Sowerby Bridge Calderdale HX6 3HA
Received 5 Dec 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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