®Planning appeal decision
The Old School, Dean Head, Barkisland, Halifax, HX4 0EA
Planning appeal 3351688 at The Old School, Dean Head, Barkisland, Halifax, HX4 0EA (Kirklees Metropolitan Council) was dismissed on 9 January 2026 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the certificate of lawfulness is well-founded.
use of the land for siting a mobile home for ancillary use to the main dwelling
- Authority
- Kirklees Metropolitan Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Savage M
- Postcode
- HX4 0EA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse the certificate of lawfulness is well-founded
What decided it
The proposed mobile home would not meet the statutory definition of a caravan under the Caravan Sites Act 1968 as it would be constructed on-site in multiple sections and would require a substantial supporting framework to be transported, and would therefore constitute a building requiring planning permission.
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