®Planning appeal decision
The Packhorse Centre, King Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2RT
a change of use of the first floor from a Chinese buffet restaurant to form ten, one-bedroom, one-person apartments, including external elevation alterations on the King Street frontage and ten roof lights
- Authority
- Kirklees Metropolitan Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Eggleton P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to the settings of the adjacent listed buildings and the setting of the conservation area
What decided it
The substantial benefits of providing ten new residential units in a highly accessible, sustainable town centre location, combined with the improvement to the character and appearance of the building, outweighed the council's preference for a more comprehensive redevelopment and concerns about design standards.
The substantial benefits of housing provision in a sustainable town centre location and the improvement to the character and appearance of the building outweighed the council's concerns regarding design standards and the loss of the restaurant use, particularly given the council's inadequate housing supply position.
Plan policies cited: LP24, LP17, LP35, LP15, LP22(g), LP24d(vi), LP24e
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.