# 111-117 Sunbridge Road, Bradford

- **Decision:** allowed, 15 September 2026
- **Decided by:** Planning Inspector: J Buxton
- **Authority:** Bradford (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- **Appeal reference:** 6012239
- **Application reference:** 25/01696/FUL
- **Procedure:** written-representations
- **Development:** Conversion of vacant ground-floor shop to 2 apartments with new shopfront glazing
- **Homes:** 2
- **Site context:** inside-settlement, conservation-area, listed-building-setting
- **Green Belt:** no
- **Framework applied:** August 2026 NPPF
- **Determinative policies:** P3(2)(a)
- **Development plan policies:** Bradford Core Strategy 2017 DS5, HO9
- **Main issues:** living conditions — outlook and privacy
- **Tags:** tier-2, conservation-area, parties-consulted-on-2026-framework

## Summary
Ground-floor city-centre shop converted to two flats behind a shopfront with obscured lower glazing. Allowed. City-centre occupiers "could reasonably expect a more active street environment", and outlook over the manifestation was meaningful (DL ¶¶11–12). Heritage assets were preserved.

## What made the difference
The Inspector saw the installed glazing on site and judged it a balance "between securing privacy … and maintaining a meaningful outlook" (DL ¶11). The context was a busy city centre at the foot of a sloping street.

## Policy findings
- **P3(2)(a): pass.** street-facing outlook with manifestation to lower glazing — acceptable privacy/outlook in city-centre context; NDSS met (DL 9-12)
- **HE9: pass.** City Centre CA and adjacent Goitside CA preserved; setting of Grade II Sunwin House preserved (DL 13-16)
- **L2(1)(b): benefit.** long-vacant unit brought back into use in highly sustainable location (weight not stated) (DL 7)

## Key facts
- The "HO9" in the corpus index is Bradford Core Strategy HO9 (housing quality), not NPPF HO9
- Works already started; replacement glazing and manifestations inspected in situ

## Sources
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/published-document/84cd8589-9791-4604-8dc6-b846a031286d
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/comment-planning-appeal/appeals/6012239

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