®Planning appeal decision
The Old Vicarage, Church Lane, Pellon, Halifax, HX2 0EF
Planning appeal 3352795 at The Old Vicarage, Church Lane, Pellon, Halifax, HX2 0EF (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 5 August 2025 by Inspector Berry A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development for the proposed development was well-founded.
Use of a Class C3(a) dwelling as a children's home for up to three children, with a manager and three carers, two of whom will sleep overnight, working on a rota basis (Class C2)
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Berry A
- Postcode
- HX2 0EF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development for the proposed development was well-founded
What decided it
The proposed use would not constitute a material change of use because the activities and weekly movements would not be significantly different from those of a family-occupied dwelling, and the children's home seeks to replicate a family environment.
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