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82% of the 110 applications for building work Calderdale decided since July 2026 were approved; half were decided within 56 days. Plan Forecast, 6 November 2026.
Time to decide: half were decided within 56 days, counted from the day the application was valid (or received, where the register gives no valid date) over the 110 decisions with both dates.
Approval rates by type of work
- Rear extension 92% of 36 decisions
- Two-storey extension 89% of 28 decisions, a small sample
- Loft conversion or dormer 42% of 19 decisions, a small sample
- Garden room or outbuilding 92% of 13 decisions, a small sample
- Side extension too few to say 8 decisions
- New dwelling in a garden too few to say 4 decisions
- Front porch too few to say 2 decisions
Before you apply
Whether the commonest kinds of work in Calderdale need planning permission at all, from the law itself, rule by rule.
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Check your project
Put a pin on your house, describe the work, and see it measured against each permitted development limit, with the clause it comes from. A guide, not a guarantee.
Where Calderdale stands
The government's own count, every kind of application together: a different question from the rates above, which are one kind of work at a time. Why the figures differ.
The long view
Recent decisions in Calderdale
Straight from the register. Addresses are reduced to the street here; the report you get names the property.
Halifax
ApprovedFull application for the widening and resurfacing of hospital estate entrance from Lower Godfrey Road
Decided 5 November 2026 26/00451/FUL
Illingworth Halifax
ApprovedPrior Approval application for installation of solar photovoltaics equipment to roof
Decided 5 November 2026 26/56014/CLA14J
Ripponden Sowerby Bridge
RefusedDemolition of storage unit situated at southern boundary to construct 3 bedroom dormer bungalow (Amended Plans)
Decided 3 November 2026 26/00276/FUL
Questions people ask
What is Calderdale's planning approval rate?
82% of the 110 applications for building work Calderdale decided since July 2026 were approved, counting those that went one way or the other. It differs by kind of work.
What percentage of rear extension applications does Calderdale approve?
92% of rear extension applications decided by Calderdale were approved, over 36 decisions.
How many planning decisions does Plan Forecast hold for Calderdale?
279 decided applications, from July 2026 to November 2026, read from Calderdale's own planning register.
Is this Calderdale's planning website?
No. Plan Forecast is independent of Calderdale: we count the decisions on its public planning register. To look up, track or comment on an application, use Calderdale's own register, at portal.calderdale.gov.uk.
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Figures are counts of published decisions, not planning advice. Every application is judged on its own merits. How these figures are made.