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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208 approved · 74 refused · 21 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sports Ground Stainland Road Elland Calderdale HX4 8LS
Received 14 May 20267A Long Lane Wheatley Halifax Calderdale HX2 8TN
Received 14 May 2026Maiden Stones Bungalow Blue Ball Road Ripponden Sowerby Bridge Calderdale HX6 4LR
Received 14 May 2026Field Adjacent To The Gables Sowerby Croft Lane Sowerby Bridge Calderdale
Received 29 Apr 2026Level 0 1830 Mill Shaw Lane Halifax Calderdale HX3 9ET
Received 15 May 2026Star Cottage Wren Nest Road Ripponden Sowerby Bridge Calderdale HX6 4LT
Received 15 May 2026Ainley House Ainleys Industrial Estate Ainley Bottom Elland HX5 9JP
Received 15 May 2026Ravenscliffe At Springhall Huddersfield Road Halifax Calderdale HX3 0AQ
Received 15 May 2026Highfield The Carriage Drive Greetland Elland Calderdale HX4 8HW
Received 15 May 2026Calderdale Royal Hospital Dryclough Lane Halifax Calderdale HX3 0PW
Received 15 May 2026Calderdale Royal Hospital Dryclough Lane Halifax Calderdale HX3 0PW
Received 15 May 20264 Lane Ends Shibden Halifax Calderdale HX3 7UW
Received 15 May 2026Land To North Decasol Halifax Road Shelf Halifax Calderdale
Received 15 May 202611 Lemon Street Halifax Calderdale HX1 4LJ
Received 18 May 2026School House Cross Stone Road Todmorden Calderdale OL14 8RQ
Received 18 May 2026236 Hanson Lane Halifax Calderdale HX1 4QW
Received 18 May 2026320 Queens Road King Cross Halifax Calderdale HX1 4PJ
Received 18 May 202665 Essex Street Halifax Calderdale HX1 3UE
Received 18 May 202611 And 12 Wards End Halifax Calderdale
Received 18 May 2026Horse And Jockey Inn 301 Warley Road King Cross Halifax Calderdale HX2 0AD
Received 18 May 202615 West Lodge Crescent Ainley Top Elland HD2 2EH
Received 18 May 2026Land Between A629 And B6112 Stainland Road Elland
Received 14 May 2026Severn House Heywoods Industrial Park Birds Royd Lane Brighouse Calderdale HD6 1NA
Received 18 May 2026The Old Stables 20 Brookfoot Lane Southowram Brighouse Calderdale HX3 9SZ
Received 18 May 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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