Former Site Of Wyke Library Huddersfield Road Bradford West Yorkshire BD12 8HS

16/03851/MAOMajor Outline ApplicationApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 November 2016

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of Police Call-in-Station and construction of new Police Call-in-Station, 3 bungalows and a 64 bedroom Extra Care Building

Received: 29 July 2016
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Ward: Wyke (ward 30)
Agent: Acanthus WSM Architects

ReceivedReceived29 Jul
ValidatedValidated29 Jul
Consult.Consultation26 Aug
TargetTarget Date28 Oct
DecidedDecided2 Nov

Decided in 96 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Former Site Of Wyke Library Huddersfield Road Bradford West Yorkshire BD12 8HS. Bradford has handled 1,525 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than Bradford's typical decision time. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Wyke (ward 30). We hold 499 applications in total for the BD12 postcode area.

86% of outline applications at Bradford Metropolitan District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: BD12 8HS
Application type: Major Outline Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Not In A Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 July 2016
Consultation expiry: 9 September 2016
Consultation start: 5 August 2016
Consultation end: 26 August 2016
Neighbour consultation start: 2 November 2016
Neighbour consultation end: 23 August 2016
Last date for comments: 9 September 2016
Target decision date: 28 October 2016
Committee meeting: 29 September 2016
Permission expires: 2 November 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent: Acanthus WSM Architects
Agent address: Woodhall 56 Woodhall Lane Stanningley PUDSEY LS28 5NY

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 19 August 2016
Advertisement expiry: 9 September 2016
Site notice start: 5 August 2016
Site notice end: 26 August 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-05020721
Documents: 27

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Source: Bradford

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