®Planning appeal decision
33 Stainecross Avenue, Huddersfield, HD4 5HZ
Planning appeal 6012370 at 33 Stainecross Avenue, Huddersfield, HD4 5HZ (Kirklees) was allowed on 16 September 2026 by Inspector Andrew Dale, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed children's care home would be in a suitable location, taking into account the safeguarding of the young persons to be cared for.
Change of use from dwelling (C3) into children's care home (C2) for one child
- Authority
- Kirklees
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- community-institutional
- Inspector
- Andrew Dale
- Postcode
- HD4 5HZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed children's care home would be in a suitable location, taking into account the safeguarding of the young persons to be cared for
What decided it
The existence of a recent planning permission for an identical children's care home at the neighbouring property (92 Balmoral Avenue) approved in November 2025, combined with the absence of substantiated safeguarding evidence and the operation of separate regulatory regimes that more appropriately address child welfare matters, established that the location was suitable.
The benefits of providing a needed children's care home in a suitable residential location, supported by management controls and separate regulatory oversight, outweighed the vague and unsubstantiated safeguarding concerns raised by the police, particularly given the consistency with recent approvals for similar uses in the same area.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- KLP Policy LP1
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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