Calling all landlords and empty property owners. Bring your empty property back into life and avoid an increase in your Council tax from 1 April 2014. At Full Council on Wednesday 27 November 2013, Councillors approved changes to Council tax discounts and introduced an empty homes premium. Landlords now have a small period of time… read more … about Bring your property back to life>>
A property development company that unlawfully demolished a listed building has been fined and told by Calderdale Council to protect what’s left of it. M. Hillas (Properties) Ltd has to pay £3000, plus costs of £1000, for partly knocking down the Grade II* (two star) listed Marsh Hall barn at Lands Head End, Northowram without… read more … about Protecting our history>>
Changes to Council Tax which could help bring more empty homes back into use and introduce exemptions for flood and fire victims will be discussed by Calderdale Council’s Cabinet on Monday 7 October. The Cabinet will be asked to recommend to full Council a report on proposed changes to the policy on Council Tax discounts… read more … about Changes to Council Tax tackle empty homes>>
Getting a foot on the property ladder can be difficult, but Calderdale Council is working hard to boost the level of affordable housing in the borough. Working together with the Homes and Communities Agency, and Registered Provider partners (social housing providers), Calderdale saw a record 195 new affordable homes completed last year, almost double the… read more … about Bumper year for affordable housing in Calderdale>>
Calderdale Council has rejected media claims that vast swathes of the borough’s green belt land will be put at risk by strategic plans for new housing growth and job-creation over the coming decades. By law, the Council is required to produce a Local Plan to manage development for the next 20 – 30 years. Current… read more … about Protecting Calderdale’s countryside>>
Calderdale Council is a step closer to transforming an unused site in Halifax into new affordable housing, as well as apartments where people are supported between leaving hospital and returning home. The Heatherstones site in Skircoat Green, owned by Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust (CHFT), currently has 13 empty terraced houses and eight unused apartments…. read more … about Proposals for empty site in Halifax>>
On Wednesday 27 February Calderdale Council’s Cabinet will be asked to approve the strategy which sets out how local housing needs will be met over the next five years. The Calderdale Housing Strategy 2012 – 2017 covers priorities including the number and size of new homes required; affordability; fuel poverty; housing for disabled and older… read more … about Meeting future housing needs>>
Work has started on the construction of 45 new affordable homes at the Dudleys estate, Illingworth. This scheme will deliver the final phase of the Dudleys development and also complete the wider regeneration of the area by building on three vacant demolition sites. Calderdale Council is working with the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), Home… read more … about Investment boost for North Halifax>>
