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Sir Francis Crossleys Almshouses Margaret Street Halifax Calderdale HX1 5EN

24/00947/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 11 February 2025

Council decision: Grant Listed Building ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Installation of extractor fans and replacement of windows

Received
16 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Park
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.5 Nov
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided11 Feb

Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at Sir Francis Crossleys Almshouses Margaret Street Halifax Calderdale HX1 5EN. Calderdale has handled 194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 148 days, 13 weeks longer than Calderdale's typical decision time. The site is in the Peoples Park, Halifax conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Park. We hold 228 applications in total for the HX1 postcode area.

84% of heritage applications at Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
HX1 5EN
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Not In A Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2024
Consultation expiry
14 November 2024
Consultation start
15 October 2024
Consultation end
5 November 2024
Neighbour consultation start
15 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end
5 November 2024
Last date for comments
14 November 2024
Target decision date
10 February 2025
Permission expires
11 February 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
118 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 October 2024
Advertisement expiry
14 November 2024
Site notice start
23 October 2024
Site notice end
13 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13406473
Documents
31
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Peoples Park Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Belle Vue (Public Library)On this site · +2 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 88/00340/CPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: School House, 56 Hopwood Lane, HalifaxRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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: Calderdale

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