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Yahoo
12-08-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Appeal claims it will take five months to clear site of containers
IT will take up to five months to remove all the containers from an unauthorised storage site – a new appeal claims. Earlier this year Bradford Council refused a retrospective planning application to turn a former care home site next to Peel Park into storage. Large containers had been in place on the Lister Lane site for several months before the retrospective application had been submitted. Applicant Mohammed Irshad said he had 'assumed he didn't need permission' for the development, and argued the land could provide 'much needed storage space' for the area. But planners refused the application describing the new use as 'unsightly and crude' – particularly in its location next to a listed Victorian Park. Shortly after the refusal the Council issued an enforcement notice. It required storage usage to be stopped and the site to be cleared of containers by the end of August. But now Mr Irshad has appealed against that enforcement notice, arguing it does not give him enough time to clear the site. It seeks an extra 'four to five months' to comply with the notice. The appeal will be decided by a Government appointed planning inspector, but there is no timetable for when the decision will be made. The site off Lister Lane (Image: T&A) The appeal says: 'The client is willing to comply now planning permission has been refused and requires up to four to five months to have the site cleared of the containers. 'He is willing to work with the Council and should he be able to clear the site prior to the time allowed by this appeal he will endeavour to do so.' When the Telegraph & Argus visited last week, numerous containers remained on site. Some bore logos of supermarkets including Iceland and Aldi. The site is the former home of The Mount care home, which was demolished in 2019. It is a prominent piece of land next to Grade II* listed Peel Park – a Victorian green space that is Bradford's first publicly owned park. Saltaire founder and former Bradford Mayor Sir Titus Salt helped fund the park. Refusing the initial application, planners had said: ''New fencing has been installed and a number of redundant vehicle trailer bodies sited to serve as storage facilities. These are not however on the whole of the site with the area closest to Bolton Road remaining unused and unsightly. 'The presentation of the site, part used and part without any obvious purpose, with the placement of vehicle trailer bodies appears unsightly, crude and transient. 'The site should be properly developed to a permanent and beneficial long-term use.'
BBC News
16-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Permission refused for 'unsightly' Bradford storage site
A retrospective planning application for a storage depot built without planning permission next to a Grade II* listed park in Bradford has been depot, described by planning officers as "unsightly, crude and transient", had been created on a vacant site next to Peel Park, with a number of large containers stored on the site for several months.A retrospective planning application was submitted for the works earlier this year, and applicant Mr M Irshad said he had "assumed he didn't need permission".Turning down the application, Bradford Council officers described it as "poor quality", adding that the site should be "properly developed". The site - near Peel Park, a Victorian green space that was the city's first publicly owned park - was where the The Mount care home had been located before its demolition in 2019. According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the retrospective planning application stated the site would "provide much needed storage space for customers within this mixed use area and will make practical use of this piece of land". 'Degraded state' A total of 71 people had written to Bradford Council objecting to the plan, with 73 people writing in raised issues such as traffic and described the site as an "eyesore", while objectors claimed the storage depot would be useful and a viable Council's conservation officer Jon Ackroyd raised serious concerns about the impact of the depot on the neighbouring landmark park. Mr Ackroyd said: "The site has been left in a degraded state, with crushed hardcore across much of its extent. This detracts from the locality and the setting of the park."The presentation of the site, part used and part without any obvious purpose, with the placement of vehicle trailer bodies appears unsightly, crude and transient."The site should be properly developed to a permanent and beneficial long term use."The proposal causes immediately obvious visual harm with no offsetting public benefit."Refusing the application, planning officers said: "The proposal, due to its prominent siting, appearance, materials and boundary fencing, has resulted in a poor quality "appears incongruous within the street scene and fails to respect or enhance the character of the surrounding area", they added. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
