Planning appeal decision
Barsey Farm, Barkisland, Halifax, HX4 0BG
Planning appeal 3374587 at Barsey Farm, Barkisland, Halifax, HX4 0BG (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 July 2026 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control.
without planning permission: the construction of two storey double detached garage on the Land (in the approximate position indicated on the attached Plan ENF1 and as seen in the digital photographs attached to this Notice at Appendix 1)
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- HX4 0BG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control
What decided it
The 2020 planning permission had expired and was not implemented, the constructed garage materially differs from what was approved, and there is no lawful fallback position to consider.
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