The Plant Mill Oldham Road Ripponden Sowerby Bridge Calderdale
Approved on 8 December 2015
Council decision: PermitPlanning committee
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Proposal
Change of use from industrial use to a mixed use comprising of retail and cafe at ground floor and two apartments (Use Class C3) at first floor on the north end of the building, together with associated external alterations and formation of car park (Amended plan)
- Received
- 23 July 2014
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Ryburn
- ReceivedReceived23 Jul
- ValidatedValidated28 Aug
- Consult.Consultation3 Nov
- TargetTarget Date23 Oct
- DecidedDecided8 Dec
Decided in 467 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at The Plant Mill Oldham Road Ripponden Sowerby Bridge Calderdale. Calderdale has handled 4,701 applications of this type. This one was decided in 503 days, 64 weeks longer than Calderdale's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Ryburn.
Application details
- Application type
- Conversion
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ripponden Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 August 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 3 November 2015
- Consultation end
- 3 November 2015
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 November 2015
- Last date for comments
- 3 November 2015
- Target decision date
- 23 October 2014
- Committee meeting
- 8 December 2015
- Decision issued
- 11 December 2015
- Permission expires
- 11 December 2018
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 12 September 2014
- Advertisement expiry
- 3 October 2014
- Site notice start
- 30 April 2015
- Site notice end
- 21 May 2015
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Listed building: Grade II: Cottage to Rear of Slitheroe Works Forming Office Accommodation For Whitley Rishworth Lim…On this site
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 06/01334/CPart of the site
- Green belt: CalderdalePart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, 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.
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Source: Calderdale
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