Decision due on business park
A DECISION will be made by Calderdale councillors on outline plans to create a huge new business park in Brighouse.
The proposals being put forward by the Council will cover approximately 25.5 hectares of land in Clifton.
The Clifton Enterprise Zone plan is set to go before Calderdale Council’s planning committed on December 17 at Halifax Town Hall.
The site currently comprises of pastoral land split into a number of fields by hedgerows and fences and is currently used for cattle grazing.
The application seeks outline permission for an employincluded ment park comprising offices, research and development centres, light industrial units, general industrial units and storage and distribution developments.
The initial plans were submitted in June this year.
A public consultation took place throughout February and a dedicated consultation website, two public and two stakeholder drop in events.
A spokesperson for the Council said: “Creation of a business park on the site at Clifton is a long-standing ambition of the Council and the submission of the planning application was the next step in transforming the site to create new business and employment opportunities in Calderdale.”
The proposed Clifton Business Park would be one of the Leeds City Region Enterprise Zones, supported by Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Calderdale Council, and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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