Planning appeal decision
1 Lockgate Rise, Birkenshaw, BD11 2PL
Planning appeal 6003832 at 1 Lockgate Rise, Birkenshaw, BD11 2PL (Kirklees) was dismissed on 12 June 2026 by Inspector M Russell, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be granted planning permission by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the GPDO.
a single storey living room extension
- Authority
- Kirklees
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- M Russell
- Postcode
- BD11 2PL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be granted planning permission by Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the GPDO
What decided it
The proposed extension would extend beyond the flank elevations of the existing rear projection, which constitute side elevations under the GPDO, and would exceed half the width of the original dwellinghouse, thereby breaching paragraph A.1(j)(iii).
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