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Contentious 104 homes plan set for approval

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Published date06 March 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
Outline planning permission was granted by Calderdale Council for the proposals to build 104 homes on land off Phoebe Lane, which is off Siddal Top Lane at Siddal, in 2018

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Five years later, developers Fernbrook Associates Ltd are now seeking approval for the reserved matters application - which deals in the detail.

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This includes the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of the development. The 3.3-hectare site is a former quarry and metal-processing works. The earlier outline permission - for up to 105 homes - also established where access to the scheme will be if it is approved - this will be from Phoebe Lane. Planning officers are recommending councillors approve the plans, which have received 74 letters of objection on a number of points. These include quality of the access route and increase in traffic, concerns about waste buried on the site when it was an aluminium recycling plant, worries for wildlife, flood risk and pressure on infrastructure such as school places and GP surgeries.

If permission is granted when the Planning Committee meets next Tuesday, from 2pm at Halifax Town Hall (and live streamed via the council's Public-i channel), the company proposes to build ten one-bedroom apartments, eight two-bedroom apartments, 32...

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