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Newsquest Hall Ings Bradford West Yorkshire BD1 1JR

23/04716/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 1 March 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from newspaper office and press hall (mixed use: sui generis) to Use Class E: Commercial, Business and Service

Received
22 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
City (ward 07)
Agent
Architecture One Eight Ltd
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.14 Feb
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided1 Mar

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Newsquest Hall Ings Bradford West Yorkshire BD1 1JR. Bradford has handled 5,271 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Bradford's typical decision time. The site is in the City Centre conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across City (ward 07). We hold 87 applications in total for the BD1 postcode area.

88% of full 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
BD1 1JR
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not In A Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2023
Consultation expiry
1 March 2024
Consultation start
24 January 2024
Consultation end
14 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start
24 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
19 February 2024
Last date for comments
1 March 2024
Target decision date
16 February 2024
Permission expires
1 March 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architecture One Eight Ltd
Architect profile
ARCHITECTURE ONE EIGHT LTD
Agent address
41 Tower Street Harrogate HG1 1HS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 February 2024
Advertisement expiry
1 March 2024
Site notice start
5 February 2024
Site notice end
26 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12693043
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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