Planning appeal decision
92 New North Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield, HD1 5QP
Planning appeal 3271988 at 92 New North Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield, HD1 5QP (Kirklees Metropolitan Council) was dismissed on 7 January 2022 by Inspector Edginton A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether Condition 4 restricting hours of activity is reasonable and necessary in the interests of the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring properties.
Change of use from mixed commercial/residential use to fully commercial (B1 Office / Class E(g)(i) office use), demolition of the rear toilet block and associated works within a conservation area
- Authority
- Kirklees Metropolitan Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Edginton A
- Postcode
- HD1 5QP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether Condition 4 restricting hours of activity is reasonable and necessary in the interests of the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring properties
What decided it
The condition restricting operational hours is reasonable and necessary to protect the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring residential properties from noise and disturbance arising from the change of use to office use in a predominantly residential context.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- LP24(b)LP52LP24
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Kirklees
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022
- Allowed25 September 2026600567047 Huddersfield Road, Mirfield, WF14 8AE
- Dismissed15 September 2026601002415 Warwick Road, Kirklees, Batley, WF17 6BU
- Allowed6 February 20263359129Land at Cliff Hill, Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, HD8 8RZ
- Allowed30 January 20263369715Land off Huddersfield Road/Leeds Road, Birstall, Batley, WF17 9AA
- Dismissed26 January 2026337307742 Birmingham Lane, Meltham, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, HD9 5LH
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®