Way paved for £16m homes scheme on site of former multi-storey Cow Green car park in Halifax

Calderdale Council Cabinet has agreed to release land which, subject to planning permission, could see 122 new homes built at Cow Green.

Cabinet also agreed to recommend to full council that money received for the site should be ring-fenced for provision of affordable housing within Calderdale, also securing Brownfield Housing Fund grant from West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA).

Earlier this autumn, award-winning build-to-rent provider Placefirst opened an online public consultation into the £16 million homes scheme for Cow Green, Halifax.

The site is currently an open air car park and for decades was formerly a five-level multi-storey car park.

Placefirst says the project has been designed to transform the site into high quality homes and if planning permission is granted will deliver a mixture of one and two-bedroom apartments over nine storeys.

Designed in partnership with JM Architects, the proposed scheme will deliver “high-spec, energy efficient homes using a fabric first approach and renewable technologies,” says Placefirst, which has been working with WYCA and Calderdale Council on the development.

There would also be an electric car club for residents.

Landscaping around the site will see planting areas and new trees, integrating with Calderdale Council’s wider and major Cow Green and town centre highway improvements aiming to boost footfall in Halifax town centre.

It is possible a planning application will be submitted to Calderdale Council in the next few weeks.

Placefirst said work is expected to begin mid 2023, if approved.