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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208 approved · 74 refused · 21 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Calderdale Royal Hospital Dryclough Lane Halifax Calderdale HX3 0PW
Received 26 Jun 2026Higher Greave Farm London Road Todmorden Calderdale OL14 6HJ
Received 26 Jun 2026Upper House Barn Eastwood Lane Todmorden Calderdale OL14 8RS
Received 26 Jun 2026Land To Rear Of 6 Laurel Terrace Stainland Elland Calderdale
Received 26 Jun 2026Bsmw Products Limited Birds Royd Lane Brighouse HD6 1LQ
Received 26 Jun 202631 Highroad Well Lane Halifax Calderdale HX2 0LY
Received 29 Jun 2026Land Adjacent To 100 Windmill Drive Northowram Halifax Calderdale
Received 29 Jun 2026Stafford Hall School Cheltenham Place Halifax Calderdale HX3 0AW
Received 29 Jun 2026Former 6 And 7 Cross Street Halifax Calderdale
Received 29 Jun 202623B Bull Close Lane Halifax Calderdale HX1 2EF
Received 29 Jun 20262 Heath Hall Halifax Calderdale HX1 2PN
Received 29 Jun 2026Advertising Right Board 0490 Gable 10 Cross Hills Halifax Calderdale
Received 29 Jun 2026Former 3 - 42 Rawson Wood Sowerby Sowerby Bridge Calderdale
Received 29 Jun 2026Park View Barn Gosport Lane Outlane Halifax HX4 9JY
Received 29 Jun 20264 Ryecroft Lane Pellon Halifax Calderdale HX2 0PR
Received 30 Jun 202660 Essex Street Halifax Calderdale HX1 3UE
Received 30 Jun 2026Unit G2 Lowfields Business Park Lacy Way Lowfields Elland Calderdale HX5 9DB
Received 30 Jun 202653 Skircoat Green Halifax Calderdale HX3 0SA
Received 30 Jun 2026Unit 2 Gannex Park Dewsbury Road Elland Calderdale HX5 9AF
Received 30 Jun 202654 High Meadows Greetland Elland Calderdale HX4 8QF
Received 30 Jun 202624 Kirkstone Drive Halifax HX2 0NS
Received 1 Jul 2026Land North Of Orchard House Moor Bottom Lane Greetland Elland Calderdale
Received 1 Jul 202639 - 41 Newstead Terrace Halifax Calderdale HX1 4TA
Received 2 Jul 2026Warehouse Armytage Road Brighouse Calderdale
Received 2 Jul 2026Records 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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