Mill Fold Cottage, Mill Fold Way, Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 4DJ

Planning appeal 3354965 at Mill Fold Cottage, Mill Fold Way, Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 4DJ (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was decided (invalid) on 5 September 2025 by Inspector Berry A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the enforcement notice was issued after a related planning application was made, thereby barring a ground (a) appeal.

Unauthorised material change of use from agricultural land to use for provision of tourist facilities including caravan/motorhome pitches, glamping pods, washroom and associated works and engineering operations comprising the formation of access to glamping pods/washroom

Authority: Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Berry A
Postcode: HX6 4DJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the enforcement notice was issued after a related planning application was made, thereby barring a ground (a) appeal
Whether the enforcement notice specifies with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control, the reasons for issuing the notice, and the land where the breach is alleged to have taken place

What decided it

The enforcement notice does not specify with sufficient clarity the alleged breach of planning control, the reasons for issuing the notice, and the land where the breach is alleged to have taken place, and the defects cannot be corrected without causing injustice to the appellant.

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