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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208 approved · 74 refused · 21 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hollingrove East Stansfield Hall Road Todmorden Calderdale OL14 8BA
Received 15 Apr 20266 Laurel Terrace Stainland Elland Calderdale HX4 9HD
Received 15 Apr 2026Barkisland Cricket Club Scammonden Road Barkisland Sowerby Bridge Calderdale HX4 0DE
Received 15 Apr 202643 Hangingroyd Lane Hebden Bridge Calderdale HX7 7DD
Received 15 Apr 20266 Merrion Crescent Southowram Halifax Calderdale HX3 9NL
Received 16 Apr 2026Property Known As Lower Ground To 3rd Floor Northgate House Northgate Halifax
Received 16 Apr 202610 Slead Crescent Brighouse Calderdale HD6 2JD
Received 16 Apr 202619 Mill Grove Brighouse Calderdale HD6 2FA
Received 16 Apr 2026Land Adjacent To Old Earth Primary School Lower Edge Road Elland Calderdale
Received 16 Apr 2026Land Adjacent To Hoyle House Beck Bradford Road Brighouse Calderdale
Received 16 Apr 2026Shakespeare Street Halifax Calderdale
Received 17 Apr 2026Withinfields Primary School Withinfields Southowram Halifax Calderdale HX3 9QJ
Received 17 Apr 202639 Stanley Road Halifax Calderdale HX1 3RX
Received 20 Apr 2026Hare And Hounds Inn Lane Ends Lane Old Town Hebden Bridge Calderdale HX7 8TN
Received 20 Apr 2026Overhead Lines Land South West Of Near Bent Head Farm Keighley Road Hebden Bridge Calderdale
Received 17 Apr 2026Morrisons Petrol Filling Station Jubilee Way Elland Calderdale HX5 9DY
Received 20 Apr 2026Bent Head Widdop Road Heptonstall Hebden Bridge Calderdale HX7 7AZ
Received 21 Apr 2026Bent Head Widdop Road Heptonstall Hebden Bridge Calderdale HX7 7AZ
Received 21 Apr 2026Land Adjacent 20A Wade House Avenue Shelf Halifax Calderdale
Received 21 Apr 2026Land At Rear Of 51 Commercial Street Brighouse Calderdale
Received 21 Apr 202632 Belgrave Gardens Halifax Calderdale HX3 6BA
Received 21 Apr 2026Old Rishworthians RUFC Copley Lane Halifax Calderdale HX3 0UG
Received 22 Apr 202670 Fairfax Crescent Southowram Brighouse Calderdale HX3 9SG
Received 22 Apr 2026Land Rear Of Middle Stoodley House Stoodley Lane Todmorden Calderdale
Received 22 Apr 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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