Planning appeal decision
9 Briggate, Dalton, Huddersfield, HD5 9ST
Planning appeal 3345335 at 9 Briggate, Dalton, Huddersfield, HD5 9ST (Kirklees Metropolitan Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 18 March 2025 by Inspector Hainsworth D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the material change of use to storage of a single deck bus, metal storage containers and building materials constitutes a breach of planning control.
Material change of use to storage of a single deck bus
- Authority
- Kirklees Metropolitan Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hainsworth D
- Postcode
- HD5 9ST
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the material change of use to storage of a single deck bus, metal storage containers and building materials constitutes a breach of planning control
- Whether the use is exempt from planning permission as incidental to the enjoyment of a dwellinghouse under section 55(2)(d) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
- Whether the enforcement notice was issued within the time limit
- Whether the requirements of the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach
- Whether the time given to comply with the notice is reasonable
What decided it
The use of the site for storage of a full-size single deck bus is of a scale and nature that exceeds what may be exempted by section 55(2)(d) as incidental to the reasonable enjoyment of a dwellinghouse.
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