One can become two – unit plan approved at Elland business park
It will be all change for one unit at a Calderdale industrial estate with plans to get two businesses into the space where usually there has been only one.
Planners had no problems with Mr N. Lockwood’s proposals to sub-divide an existing unit at Lowfields Business Park, Elland, into two.
Calderdale Council planning officers noted both floors of the building are currently occupied by bed supplier Time 4 Sleep.
The surrounding business park comprises a range of industrial and office uses.
The application sought consent to sub-divide the existing building to form two separate commercial units, one at ground floor level and one at first floor level.
It is understood that the existing occupant would remain at ground floor level, with the first floor to accommodate a separate commercial tenant, said the officers.
In addition to the internal sub-division, a small flat-roofed entrance porch will be added at ground floor level to provide independent access to the ground floor unit, with the existing entrance serving the first-floor unit only.
The planners concluded the proposals should be permitted, saying: “The sub-division would enable the premises to accommodate two separate businesses without the loss of employment floorspace, making effective use of the existing building and supporting opportunities for continued business investment and occupation within Lowfields Business Park.”