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Kirklees - Town And Country Planning Regulations 2026
What is planned?
KIRKLEES COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN
THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (LOCAL PLANNING) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2026, PART 4, REGULATION 20, 45 AND 88.
Notice is hereby given that the Local Plan Scoping Consultation commences on 13th August to 11th September 2026. The Scoping Consultation forms the first public consultation stage under the new plan-making system enacted in 2026.
The new plan will be called the Kirklees Local Plan 2024-2043 and will incorporate a minerals and waste plan.
The purpose of the scoping consultation is to invite comments on:
i. such matters relevant to the preparation of the local plan including a minerals and waste plan and views on what the plan should contain, and
ii. how the authority should engage with you in the preparation of the local plan matters including matters relating to minerals and waste.
The Local Plan scoping consultation document seeks your views on local priorities to guide decisions on the future growth and development in Kirklees, a draft vision and objectives and views on how you wish to be engaged in the future.
Any person or organisation may make representations on these matters.
Details of the following consultation materials can be found on: https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/planning-policy/emergingkirklees-local-plan.aspx
• Kirklees Local Plan Scoping Consultation
• Kirklees Local Plan Scoping Consultation Questions
• Scoping Consultation Notice
• Strategic Environmental Assessment Scoping Report Printed copies are available to view at the following libraries/ locations:
Huddersfield Library – Civic Centre 3, High Street, Huddersfield HD1 2EY
Civic Centre 1 Reception – High Street, Huddersfield HD1 2EY
Dewsbury Library – Walsh Building, Town Hall Way, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire WF12 8EQ
Batley Library - Batley Library, Market Place, Batley, West Yorkshire WF17 5DA.
Opening times can be found on the website:
www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/libraries/our-libraries/locations-andopening-times.aspx
How to comment on-line
Our preferred method of responding to the scoping consultation questions is through the council’s online consultation platform http://kirklees.gov.uk/consultplanningpolicy
If you have responded to previous Local Plan consultations through this method, you will have an account registered already.
Please contact us at: local.development@kirklees.gov.uk if you do not know your username.
The system has the facility for you to feedback comments directly to us on-line without the need to print or go to a central location to view the documents. It also has the advantage that once registered you will receive automatic notifications of future consultations, and you can choose which types of documents you wish to be consulted on.
How to comment by email or post
You can also make comments via e-mail to: local.development@kirklees.gov.uk or
Post:
Planning Policy Group, PO Box 1720, Huddersfield HD1 9EL Any comments must be received by 11.59pm 11th September 2026.
For details of how Kirklees Council uses your information please see our privacy notice: www.kirklees.gov.uk/privacy
Requests to be notified at a specific address when one of the following Local Plan stages (including minerals and waste) occurs should be provided using the following email address: local. development@kirklees.gov.uk or via post to: Planning Policy Group, PO Box 1720 Huddersfield HD1 9EL.
If you are already registered for notifications, you do not need to re-register or repeat this for each stage.
• Consultation on proposed Local Plan content and evidence (Regulation 23)
• Publication of observations or advice
• Consultation on the Proposed Local Plan (Regulation 27)
• Submission of the Proposed Local Plan for Examination
• Independent Examination of the Local Plan (Regulation 35)
• Decision of the Examiner to consider further matters and pause the Examination
• Publication of document and evidence related to further matters sent to the Examiner of the Local Plan.
• Publication of the Examiner Report with recommendations and reasons
• Adoption or approval of the Local Plan
If you have any queries about the consultation or using the consultation platform, please contact local.development@kirklees.gov.uk
Mathias Franklin, Head of Planning Service
13th August 2026
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