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Controversial Amazon at Cleckheaton Refused

The controversial Amazon warehouse at Scholes, Cleckheaton has been refused at a marathon planning meeting. Today (March 15) Kirklees Council’s Strategic Planning Committee met to...

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How much each band will pay with Kirklees Council’s 4.99% council tax increase

With Kirklees Council voting through the Labour group’s budget proposals last week, a 4.99% council tax hike will be in place from April. The increase...

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Dewsbury regeneration projects to be “re-evaluated” due to inflation

Two major projects to regenerate Dewsbury town centre are being “re-evaluated” as Kirklees Council grapples with inflationary pressures. Last year, Yorkshire Live reported that £15m...

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Tories “not persuaded” by Kirklees’ Cultural Heart as budget set to be debated

Kirklees’ Conservative group says it is “not persuaded” by the Labour-led council’s plans to invest £250m in the Huddersfield Blueprint and Cultural Heart. This comes...

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Committee gives Kirklees’s Cultural Heart the green light

Kirklees’ £210m Cultural Heart is one step closer after the council’s Strategic Planning Committee approved the proposals despite not all panel members being in...

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Developers dodge affordable homes as Kirklees is “desperately short of housing”

Kirklees is “desperately short of houses” leading the local authority to accept that some ‘wily’ developers fail to deliver affordable housing. Kirklees council’s policy requires...

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