| Property Type |
Development / Residential |
| Tenure |
For Sale |
| Size |
30,683 to 158,144 sq ft |
| Business Rates |
Upon Enquiry |
| Energy Performance Rating |
This property has been set as EPC exempt.
Reason: Currently being constructed or undergoing major refurbishment |
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN CENTRE REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY – c.3.3 Acres (2 X PLOTS)
Key Points
- Cleared development plot alongside an existing characterful building is for sale
- Completion of a substantial demolition and remediation contract to provide these 'ready to go' plots
- 0% affordable housing and no S. 106 obligations associated with either full / outline permission & benefit will be passed to successful purchaser
- Town centre redevelopment with hybrid planning secured
- Plot 1 - Full Planning permission in place (32 apartments plus c. 10,000 sq ft NIA offices)
- Plot 2 - Outline Planning in place (up to 197 apartments) / 127,461 sq ft NIA)
- Positive recent public funding announcements made for Huddersfield (Investment Zone Funding & Levelling Up Funds)
Description
Former Kirklees College and Huddersfield General Infirmary site.
• Prime 6.1 acre mixed-use development site on the edge of Huddersfield Town Centre.
• Hybrid planning approval (2018/62/92647/W) secured on 03/08/2022 + Listed Building consent (2018/65/92687/W) also secured 03/08/2022.
◦ Full planning: 21,500 ft2 food store, and conversion of Listed Building and its wings to create 32 apartments and 10,785 ft2 of offices.
◦ Outline planning: up to 197 new build apartments or offices, with a total development capacity of 131,512 ft2 (GEA) with parameter plans.
• S.73 Planning approval (2023/70/93058/W) secured on 22/2/24 permits a variation of the consents to facilitate reuse of an existing access road from New North Road. Updated master plan can be found attached or within the brochure.
• Landowner has now taken practical completion of the site following a substantial demolition and enabling works contract, creating 2 ready- to-go development opportunities.
• A Freehold sale of c.3 acres has now completed with Lidl, and store delivery is expected to commence soon.
• The remaining two plots are available either separately or together:
1. Plot 1 – c.1.79 acre site with full planning permission for restoration and conversion of Listed building and its wings to create 32 residential apartments and 10,785 ft2 of offices. The office space would be suitable for a range of uses but also potential exists to revise the planning to achieve an additional 15 apartments (subject to planning) (47 total).
2. Plot 2 – c.1.54 acre site with original outline planning permission subject to height and massing parameters for up to 197 residential apartments in class C3 (or offices) offered as a cleared development site.
Available area
The accommodation comprises the following areas:
| Building - 1 |
Office |
10,785 |
1,001.96 |
Available |
| Building - 2 |
Residential |
11,782 |
1,094.58 |
Available |
| Building - 3 |
Residential |
8,116 |
754 |
Available |
| Building - 4 - Outline Planning Consent |
Residential |
23,434 |
2,177.09 |
Available |
| Building - 5 - Outline Planning Consent |
Residential |
104,027 |
9,664.42 |
Available |
| Total |
|
158,144 |
14,692.05 |
|
Location
Huddersfield is the principal town of Kirklees, West Yorkshire and is ideally located between the Leeds City Region, Greater Manchester and Sheffield. The site is located in a highly prominent gateway position at the entrance to the Town Centre and on the West side of the A62 ring road at its major junction with the A640, A62 and New North Road.
Huddersfield is supported by a strong road and rail network:
Road - Junctions 24 & 25 of the M62 are within a 10-minute drive of the site.
Rail - Huddersfield Station is within a 7-minute walk of the site and provides direct rail services to Leeds (in 19 mins), Manchester (in 35 mins)
and Sheffield (in 1 hour 16 mins).
