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Search the Public Notice Portal A Brighouse-based company can move operations to a famous Calderdale site, allowing it to expand, planners have agreed.
Copley Data Centre at Copley, Halifax, became famous as a major hub of the Halifax Building Society – more latterly Lloyd’s Banking Group.
It has been vacant for two years with no take up from its being marketed as office space.
It’s new role will be in producing pre-fabricated homes, after Calderdale Council planners approved Younger Homes (Northern) Ltd’s application to do the work there.
Around 22,000 square metres (237,000 square feet) of space will be involved, according to supporting statements with the application.
The company, currently at the Vine Industrial Estate at Brighouse has no room to expand there due to site constraints.
The access, existing buildings and car parking will be retained and the visual impact of the site will remain the same, says the supporting statement.
The site’s paper warehouse already has the appropriate class use in planning terms, with this application for other parts of the premises.
Two representations support bringing redundant site back into use for
employment purposes.
They said this is to be welcomed due to Calderdale having very limited opportunity for creating any new employment sites due to the topography of the area.
“The application keeps this growing business in Calderdale retaining jobs and
creating new jobs at the same time,” one said.
But the other representation expressed concerns, particularly regarding protection of nearby residents relating to noise from vehicle movements, deliveries, loading and unloading, external plant and other operational activities.
Noting the site is designated as a Primary Employment Area, planning officers said conditions recommended by Environmental Health officers would ensure residents and the road network would not be detrimentally harmed.
This includes a scheme to control noise emitted from the site and restrictions of movements of vehicles.
And although the information within the application informs that the works would not produce any odours or harmful emissions, it is acknowledged this may be different for future occupiers of the site.
As such, a condition has been recommended to ensure no air extraction system is used on the premisses until a scheme has been submitted, said officers.
“The proposed change of use would bring a redundant site back into productive employment use, whilst retaining a land use that is allocated within the Local Plan as a Primary Employment Site.
“Consequently, the proposal is considered acceptable,” they concluded.