2 North Parade AN application to turn office space in a Gothic city centre building into flats has been refused. 2 North Parade is a Grade II listed building in the Top of Town area of the city centre. There is an empty shop unit on the ground floor, with office space above it. Piccadilly Properties applied for permission to convert the first floor into two, one bed flats. But Bradford Council has now refused the application. Planning officers said that while the flats were an acceptable size, the plans did not include enough detail for the Council to be confident that the work would not harm the listed building.