Bid to build 65 new homes in Calderdale village where factory used to be
Outline planning permission to build around 65 new homes at a former factory site in a Calderdale village is being sought.
Crosslee Properties Ltd has asked Calderdale Council to approve developing part of the 26-acre site at Brighouse Road, Hipperholme, as housing.
For many years, tumble driers were made at the Crosslee factory site, the company closing in 2019.
At this stage, it is access to the site and establishment of the principle for homebuilding on the site that planners are asked to consider.
All other matters – more detailed appraisement of the scheme’s design – would then need to be subject of a further, full, application.
According to supporting statements with the plans, it is expected around 65 new homes with attendant landscaping and infrastructure could be built there.
It is envisaged that 16 of the homes would “affordable” housing, split between those for social rent (30 per cent), shared ownership (35 per cent) and discounted (35 per cent), according to supporting papers.
In a covering letter with the application, planning consultants Peacock + Smith say this means considering the means of access from Brighouse Road to the entrance to the site.
The proposed access junction design mirrors that proposed by Lidl in its current full application for a supermarket on adjacent land to the north.
Late last year, planning councillors gave developer Barratt Homes, in conjunction with co-applicant Torsion Care, permission to develop 172 homes and a 72-bed care home on another part of the former Crosslee site.