Restoration plan for gatehouse
A NEW application has been made to restore a crumbling Greenbelt building.
The former Gatehouse to Upper Shibden Hall, on Halifax Road, just outside Queensbury, has been subject to two failed planning applications in recent years.
In both cases the Shibden Estate Company planned to convert the structure into a house by restoring the existing building and constructing an extension.
However, in both cases this extension was deemed “excessive” and harmful to the surrounding Greenbelt.
Now the company has subThe mitted a third application – this time leaving out the contentious extension.
If approved the house, on the border of Bradford and Calderdale, will have two bedrooms, a lounge, bathroom, kitchen and dining area and two parking spaces.
previously refused plans were for a much larger house, with an extra master bedroom and larger dining area.
Shibden Estate Company said the conversion would help secure the future of the historically significant building.
A decision on the planning application is expected in May.
Representations on the application can be submitted online via the online planning system at Bradford Council or in writing to the Planning Service Britannia House, Hall Ings, Bradford, BD1 1HX, quoting the application number 20/00940/ HOU.
Anybody wanting to comment on the application have until April 14.
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