Training centre to replace NHS accommodation as part of major Calderdale Royal Hospital transformation plans

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has been granted permission to make the changes by Calderdale Council.

The new training centre, which will replace one being lost due to a major building reconfiguration at neighbouring Calderdale Royal Hospital site in Halifax, can be built on the site of 1 to 8 Dryclough Close, Skircoat Green.

An objector was concerned about increased traffic at the site which had previously being barrier-protected – vehicles would be able to enter the site, find out there is no parking there and have to come out again – and also felt the new building would not enhance a conservation area.

But council conservation officers say although there will be some harm – the setting takes in both the Skircoat Green and Savile Park conservation areas – this would not be substantial and it is well designed.