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Slight misunderstanding about the new holiday I overheard in doctor’s office: A: What are all these people in here with orange shirts on about? B: It’s to honour new Canadians. Sigh … Jon. . .
A NEW restaurant based at a Bradford mill that dates back to the 1860s is part of wider plans to help bring the Listed building back to its former…
Park House PROPOSALS to convert a city centre office building into 76 one-bed flats have been blocked by Bradford Council, with highways officers raising concerns about a lack of cycle parking spaces. Planning officers also pointed out that the application, for Park House on Well Street, did not clearly show how people would access some flats - as doors were not marked on the plans for the building. The office building, between the Broadway Shopping Centre and Little Germany, has been empty for a number of years. Unlike many of the grand, Victorian buildings surrounding it, Park House...
CONTROVERSIAL proposals to turn a Bradford pub into shops and flats have been approved by Bradford Council after being amended to better reflect the building’s heritage. Last May a retrospective application to convert the Black Swan on Thornton Road into shops and eight flats was refused by planning officers amid claims the changes had lead to the “destruction” of the building’s traditional appearance. The 19th Century pub, in the Goitside Conservation Area of the city centre, was a popular live music venue until 2019 when it shut. Work to convert the ground floor into shops b...
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 wo...