Agenda item

2025/91122 - Redevelopment of site for mixed-use E(g) (i, ii and iii) and B8 including: demolition of buildings and re-cladding of southern elevation of retained adjoining building; retention, conversion and renovation of existing mill/office/workshop/engine house building including alterations; erection of two new buildings; formation of two vehicular access points, service yard and parking areas; and other associated works at Turnbridge Mills, Quay Street, Huddersfield.

Contact: Nick Hirst, Planning Services

Ward: Dalton (and close to boundary with Newsome)

 

Approval delegated.

The Committee considered the applications below in respect of Turnbridge Mills, Quay Street, Huddersfield:

 

(i) 2025/91122 for the re-development of the site for mixed-use E(g)(i, ii and iii) and B8 including: demolition of buildings and re-cladding of southern elevation of retained adjoining building; retention, conversion and renovation of existing mill/office/workshop/engine house building including alterations; erection of two new buildings; formation of two vehicular access points, service yard and parking areas; and other associated works, and

 

(ii) 2025/91645 - Listed Building Consent for redevelopment of site for mixed-use E(g) (i, ii and iii) and B8 including: demolition of buildings and re-cladding of southern elevation of retained adjoining building; retention, conversion and renovation of existing mill/office/workshop/ engine house building including alterations; erection of two new buildings; formation of two vehicular access points, service yard and parking areas; and other associated works,

 

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 36(3), the Committee received representations from Councillors Munir Ahmed, Tyler Hawkins and John Taylor.

 

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 37, the Committee received representations from Manisha Kaushik (in support), Nick Willock, Ian Brierley and Emma Thornhill (on behalf of the applicant).

 

(i) 2025/91122:

 

RESOLVED -

 

(1)  That authority be delegated to the Head of Planning and Development to approve the application and issue the decision notice in order to:

 

(a)  complete the list of conditions, including those contained within the report, subject to the revision of Condition 3 to include Building D1, and as set out below:

 

1.    Three years to commence development.

2.    Development to be carried out in accordance with the approved plans and specifications.

3.    Building recording of Buildings B, C, D1, E and G prior to their demolition.

4.    Building recording of engine house prior to works commencing to that building.

5.    Submission of demolition method statements for Buildings B and C.

6.    A detailed structural report on the grade II listed chimney within the site, including analysis of how removing surrounding buildings may affect its stability, details of measures to protect the chimney during construction and demolition works and following completion of the development, and details of construction of new wall alongside the chimney.

7.    Submission of details of all external materials, to include provision for re-use of stone and slate from demolition of existing buildings.

8.    Details of doors, windows and shutters to new building, and any new and/or replacement doors and windows to Building D.

9.    Details of proposed photovoltaic panels.

10. Submission of Phase 2 Intrusive Site Investigation Report

11. Submission of Remediation Strategy

12. Implementation of Remediation Strategy (and unexpected contamination)

13. Submission of Verification Report

14. Restriction on operating hours to 0600-1900 hours Monday to Friday inclusive, and 0800-1600 hours on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.

15. Submission of detailed drainage scheme.

16. Details of proposed demolition/modification of existing building retaining walls abutting Quay Street, together with design of any new building retaining walls adjacent to the highway to be submitted.

17. Submission of Construction Environmental Management Plan to include highways matters, pollution prevention plan for the canal, and measures for the sustainable disposal of waste from demolition and construction on site.

18. Access to the site to be provided in accordance with submitted details prior to first occupation.

19. Laying out of proposed car parking areas.

20. Submission of details for cycle storage provision within the site.

21. Submission of Full Travel Plan within 3 months of first occupation of the development.

22. Installation of electric vehicle charging points.

23. Submission of details of refuse storage areas.

24. Submission of details of proposed maintenance and management of refuse storage areas, including arrangements for access to be provided for waste crews on collection days.

25. Development to be carried out in accordance with submitted Climate Change Statement.

26. Submission of details relating to retaining walls adjacent to the canal, including matters specified in comments from the Canal & River Trust.

27. Submission of European Protected Species Licence and mitigation method statement in relation to bats.

28. Submission of Precautionary Working Method Statement in respect of bats.

29. Submission of Construction Environmental Management Plan: Biodiversity, to include mitigation/precautionary measures relating to the Huddersfield Broad Canal Local Wildlife Site.

30. Submission of Biodiversity Enhancement Management Plan, to include installation of 6 no. swift boxes as part of the development.

31. Timing of works outside bird nesting season unless relevant checks first carried out by an Ecologist.

32. Submission of scheme of security and crime prevention measures to be incorporated as part of the development.

33. Submission of hard and soft landscaping details, including: boundary treatments (including any gates to the proposed service yard); surfacing materials to hard-surfaced areas; and details of proposed planting and landscaping to service yard adjacent to the canal, together with details of arrangements for future maintenance and management of that area.

34. 5-year replacements for new trees and planting.

35. Interpretation boards to explain the history of the site, including with reference to Building B which is proposed for demolition.

36. Details of new substation if satisfactory design not submitted prior to committee.

37. A condition for details education or training programmes to be delivered.

 

(b)  to secure a Section 106 agreement to cover the following matters:

1.    Contribution to fund amendments to the Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) on Quay Street relating to waiting restrictions – £13,000.

2.    Travel Plan monitoring fee - £10,000

3.    Package of obligations to provide security for the delivery of the identified public benefits, to include:

a)    The lease agreement to be signed between the owner and the intended occupant (the two applicants in this case);

b)    Confirmation of the agreement for grant funding from West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA);

c)    Confirmation of the arrangement and agreement of any other external funding which would be necessary to allow the development to take place (e.g. from a bank);

d)    Other specified works had been carried out and completed on site, including structural stabilisation works to Building D.

 

(2)  That, in the circumstances where the Section 106 agreement has not been completed within three months of the date of the Committee’s resolution, the Head of Planning and Development shall consider whether permission should be refused on the grounds that the proposals are unacceptable in the absence of the mitigation and benefits that would have been secured and, if so, the Head of Planning and Development be authorised to determine the application and impose appropriate reasons for refusal under delegated powers.

 

A recorded vote was taken, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 42(5), as set out below:

For: Councillors Armer, Firth, Homewood, Lee-Richards, Pinnock, Scott and Thompson (7 votes)

Against: 0 votes

 

(ii) 2025/91645

RESOLVED -

 

(1)  That authority be delegated to the Head of Planning and Development to approve the application and issue the decision notice in order to:

 

(a)  complete the list of conditions including those contained within the report, subject to the revision of Condition 3 to include Building D1, and as set out below:

 

1.  Three years to commence works.

2.  Works to be carried out in accordance with approved plans and

specifications.

3.  Building recording of Buildings B, C, D1, E and G prior to their

demolition.

4.  Submission of demolition method statements for Buildings B and C.

5.  A detailed structural report on the grade II listed chimney within the site,

including analysis of how removing surrounding buildings may affect its stability, details of measures to protect the chimney during construction and demolition works and following completion of the development, and details of construction of new wall alongside the chimney.

6.    Interpretation boards to explain the history of the site, including with

Reference to Building B which is proposed for demolition.

 

(b)  to secure a Section 106 agreement to cover the following matters:

 

Package of obligations to provide security for the delivery of the identified public benefits, to include:

a)    The lease agreement to be signed between the owner and the intended occupant (the two applicants in this case);

b)    Confirmation of the agreement for grant funding from West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA);

c)    Confirmation of the arrangement and agreement of any other external funding which would be necessary to allow the development to take place (e.g. from a bank);

d)    Other specified works had been carried out and completed on site, including structural stabilisation works to Building D.

 

(2)  That, in the circumstances where the Section 106 agreement has not been completed within three months of the date of the Committee’s resolution, the Head of Planning and Development shall consider whether permission should be refused on the grounds that the proposals are unacceptable in the absence of the mitigation and benefits that would have been secured and, if so, the Head of Planning and Development be authorised to determine the application and impose appropriate reasons for refusal under delegated powers.

 

A recorded vote was taken, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 42(5), as set out below:

For: Councillors Armer, Firth, Homewood, Lee-Richards, Pinnock, Scott and Thompson (7 votes)

Against: 0 votes