®Planning appeal decision
Ye Olde Black Bull, 50 West Street, Lindley, Huddersfield, HD3 3JT
Planning appeal 3299261 at Ye Olde Black Bull, 50 West Street, Lindley, Huddersfield, HD3 3JT (Kirklees Metropolitan Council) was dismissed on 11 January 2023 by Inspector Cullen F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the submitted drawings are sufficiently accurate and unambiguous to properly assess the proposal and whether it would preserve the Grade II listed building or its setting or any features of special architectural or historic interest.
alterations to the external site areas to provide new customer seating areas, with new raised decking area with frameless glass balustrading, new LED festoon lighting and support posts, new fixed seating and new brick walled yard area
- Authority
- Kirklees Metropolitan Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Cullen F
- Postcode
- HD3 3JT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the submitted drawings are sufficiently accurate and unambiguous to properly assess the proposal and whether it would preserve the Grade II listed building or its setting or any features of special architectural or historic interest
What decided it
The numerous and substantial discrepancies between the submitted drawings and the actual building on site, combined with the Grade II listed status of the building, made it impossible to properly assess whether the proposal would preserve the listed building or its setting or any features of special architectural or historic interest.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Kirklees Local Plan (2019)
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.
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