1 App is the national planning application form. To help ensure that all the
necessary information is submitted with your application, each 1 App form has a validation
checklist, and this should be completed and submitted with the application.
Contact information Department structure for Kirklees Planning services with contact information for each area of expertise.
Do you need planning permission? Check whether there are any local constraints on your property, and then let the Planning Portal help you decide whether you need planning permission for what you want to do.
Planning questions and answers Do you need planning permission? How to make a planning application. How to object to a planning application and other frequently asked questions.
Guidance and general advice notes Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD), Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) and general advice to help you with your planning application.
Planning sub-committees Details of the Planning Sub-Committees. The Agenda and Officer reports are available 5 working days before the date of the Sub Committee meeting. Decision information will be updated within 3 working days of the meeting.
Unitary Development Plan (UDP) The Kirklees Unitary Development Plan sets out the council's policies and proposals for the use and development of land and buildings. The written statement and proposals maps are available to download.
Local Development Framework (LDF) The Local Development Framework will progressively replace the Unitary Development Plan. This section contains details of the Local Development Scheme, Annual Monitoring Report, adopted documents, public consultation information and supporting information.
Conservation areas The latest publications of conservation area documents.
Regional Spatial Strategy The Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) forms part of the statutory development plan.
Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) The Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) identifies and analyses current and future broad scale flooding issues for key locations with Kirklees. It also provides guidance on sequential and exceptions testing.
Enforcement The council has a full range of enforcement powers available to it to establish whether a breach of planning control has taken place, what harm is caused as a result of the breach and how to remedy the situation.
Enforcement: a brief guide A guide outlining what action to take if there is a breach of planning regulations.
Enforcement Register Search the register for enforcement cases being dealt with.
Reports & complaints form If you would like us to investigate a possible breach of the planning rules, please complete the form.
Enforcement Register - appeals (Opens in a new window)
Search the Planning Portals web site for enforcement appeals that are in progress. You can view current enforcement appeals that have been lodged and decided including a summary of the case and relevant documentation. There is also a facility to make an appeal on-line and to make comments on cases that are in progress.
Where you are carrying out alterations or extensions, erecting a new building or certain other types development
work, you will also require Building Regulation approval. You can submit your application for this approval
to Kirklees Council online through the Submit a Plan website.
If you register with the site you will be able to use it to track the progress of the application.
Building Control
Do I need building regulations? Due to changes in the 'permitted development' regulations from 1 October the online self assessment facility has had to be removed until new decision scripts have been issued. In the meantime householders can view the Planning Portal 'interactive house' for help in deciding whether something will need building regulations.
The route to approval Find out about the approval procedure if the work you are planning needs Building Regulation
Useful forms Applications, notifications and guidance notes for forms.
LABC New Home Warranty (External site) LABC New Home Warranty (LABC NHW) is the Local Authority Building Control's (LABC) business partner providing 10 year structural warranties and a complete range of specialist developer services to ensure you are fulfilling the building requirements for any development, as well as saving you time and money.
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (External site) Clients, designers, contractors and others involved with construction work all have duties under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007). These Regulations help ensure that a construction project is safe to build, safe to use and safe to maintain.
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