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BBC News
01-04-2025
- General
- BBC News
Halifax Piece Hall renovations will stop dead rat problem
Managers of Grade I-listed landmark building want to make adaptations in an effort to keep pests such as rats out of its walls. The Piece Hall in Halifax reopened in 2017 after several years of restoration work and now hosts concerts and dates back to 1799 and was originally a cloth hall for traders. In a planning application to Calderdale Council, the venue's managers asked for permission to renovate the Piece Hall's west side wall. Supporting statements alongside the application said the proposed work would ensure the longevity and protection of the Piece Piece Hall Trust also said the work would stop pests getting into the cavity of the building, according to the Local Democracy Reporting application said: "Currently we have evidence of deceased rodents that have accessed through the gaps between the brickwork…they can only be removed by removing a section of bricks to allow our pest control contractor to remove the rodents."Prior conversations with conservation officers had taken place to ensure the method of works were suitable, the supporting statement to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
27-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Halifax: 'Piece Hall's council subsidy should be cut'
Councillors have called for public funding to be withdrawn from a major heritage site. The Piece Hall in Halifax, which was renovated into a retail, events and concert venue in 2017, received around £450,000 from Calderdale Council in 2022/ Party councillors suggested the local authority pull its subsidy for the Grade I-listed building during Calderdale's budget meeting earlier this week. But the Labour-run council said it would continue to support the Piece Hall. The council's budget for the next financial year, which included a 4.99% council tax rise and an increase in some parking charges, was passed on Monday his party's proposals, councillor Martin Hey said the money saved would help fund measures to tackle climate was supported by Liberal Democrat councillors, who also raised the issue last autumn, the Local Democracy Reporting Service party leader, councillor Paul Bellenger said: "That's one of the things I would definitely like to see cut."I think now the Piece Hall has gained so much recognition nationally and internationally it's about time it stood on its own two feet."However, deputy leader Scott Patient told the meeting that the venue was a "brilliant building" and "protecting it (was) absolutely key". His Labour colleague, councillor Silvia Dacre, said: "I'm sad that before the Piece Hall has even had the opportunity to present a business case to request an extension of our investment, the Green Party has decided it is not value for money."I just wonder whether they have talked to any of the businesses in Halifax who benefit from the Piece Hall effect?"Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
