Work underway as £33m business park takes shape
GROUND investigation work is taking place at the site of the proposed £33m Clifton Business Park, helping to inform detailed designs for the scheme.
The scheme is a major regeneration project which looks to transform an empty site on Wakefield Road, at Clifton, near Brighouse, into a regionally significant employment site.
Calderdale Council is working with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to make progress on the site.
The outline plans for the site and initial planning permissions were approved at the end of last year, and work is now taking place to develop more detailed technical designs for the project.
It’s expected the main phase of this work will take around six weeks and every effort is being taken to minimise disruption to local residents.
Calderdale council’s cabinet member for regeneration and resources, Clr Jane Scullion, said: “The site of the proposed Clifton Business Park and Enterprise Zone is strategically located next to Junction 25 of the M62 motorway.
“It’s situated in an excellent position to house Calderdale’s growing firms and attract new businesses to the area.
“In addition to the high-quality employment space, proposals for the site also include new walking and cycling routes and the developed areas would be balanced with landscaping, trees and plants.
“Work will soon be visible on site, but this is just preliminary ground investigations. The project is still at the development stage and this work will be used to prepare technical designs.”