®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed27 January 20253350414
Lower Birkhouse Farm, Birkhouse, Brighouse, HD6 4JL
application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3), and for building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion
- Authority
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Senior H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO, having regard to the extent of the building operations necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse and whether the design or external appearance of the building would be acceptable
What decided it
The excessive amount of glazing and balcony alterations would not be reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse and would be incongruous in the rural setting, failing the design and external appearance condition under the GPDO.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.