Fire damaged former cafe could be converted into six flats
A fire damaged former café that was once earmarked for an 18 bed HMO can instead be converted into six flats.
The property on Greaves Street, near Trident Park and the Manchester Road bridge, was once houses, but had been converted into a café.
It was badly damaged by fire in April 2022 and has been empty ever since.
Last year an application to convert the building into an 18 bed HMO was refused by Bradford Council, with planners saying that plan would be an“overly intensive use of the property.”
In late 2025, United Property Management 22 Ltd submitted a new plan for the building – this time the proposal was to create six flats in the former café.
That application has now been approved by planning officers.
They said the six flats would create a much more acceptable level of occupancy than the proposed HMO.
Officers added: “The properties were previously in residential use and with the surrounding area predominately residential, the proposal is deemed to be acceptable in principle.
“The building is currently vacant and has been subject to anti-social behaviour and decline with the proposal to bring it back into viable use.”