UP to 16 homes could be built on the site of a former mill which was destroyed in a huge fire.
Joe Bottomley Ventures has submitted its outline plans for part of the now-empty land between Shelf Hall Lane and Halifax Road which used to house Clough Mills.
The historic mill was destroyed by fire in 2005, with Decosol Ltd, a business manufacturing car cleaning products, occupying most of the mill at the time.
The 1.8 acre triangular-shaped site is currently described as an overgrown field.
Now 18 years on from the devastating fire, plans have been lodged with Calderdale Council for a residential scheme on the northern part of the site.
In a design and access statement accompanying the plans, it states that the design approach aims to respond to constraints such as accessing the site from the west due to the different levels.
The report adds: “AEW have created a layout which maximises the useable space while creating a functional residential development.
“The 16 dwellings are arranged to allow for a route through the site, with the addition of a turning point which can be used by a refuse vehicle.
“Green spaces have been retained and maximised to reduce the development’s effect on the local ecology and to improve quality of space for residents.
“Overlooking distances have been considered and responded to with the design layout, as well as the dwelling orientation.
“There is a mixture of semi-detached and detached homes, in reflection of the surrounding developments.
“The 3 and 4 bedroom properties have two parking spaces and the 2 bed properties have 1 space.”
Access to the site for vehicles must come for Shelf Hall Lane, due to changes in the levels. A roundabout would be created at the junction of Shelf Hall Lane and West Street.
To allow an opening to be made into the site, an existing stone drinking trough currently part of a boundary wall to the site, would be relocated.
The site itself is allocated for housing in the emerging Local Plan, with a capacity of 32 homes, double what the developer is currently applying for.
Fire investigators found the blaze started accidentally on the first floor where chemicals were stored to make screen wash for cars.
Residents were evacuated from more than 100 homes as the blaze ripped through the Halifax Road factory.
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