From community centres to local pubs, Kirklees Council has announced 30 more assets it wants to get rid of in a bid to bring in some much-needed cash.
As the council looks ahead to the next financial year facing a budget gap of £29.3m, more buildings and land are set to be sold off, a report to next week’s Cabinet meeting reveals. The local authority is hoping to bring in £6m by offloading these newly-announced sites, along with others which have already been earmarked.
Among those set to be sold is the site of the former Gomersal First School which is the only one with its own, separate recommendation to Cabinet. The council’s plans to dispose of it were advertised with one objection received from a member of the public. However, officers have advised that this be dismissed.
Members will be asked to approve plans to sell the assets listed below. The listings in bold are where the tenant wishes to purchase the council’s freehold interest. The proposed method of disposal for the remainder have not yet been made clear.
Land at Lumb Lane, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD4 6SZ – a plot of 7.34 acres
The Quarry Hill Centre, Fleminghouse Lane, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD5 8UD – community centre
Land to the rear of 294-310 Bradford Road, Fartown, Huddersfield, HD1 6LQ
Land to the rear of 318 Bradford Road, Fartown, Huddersfield, HD1 6LQ – A vacant commercial estate property, former garage tenancy and land
Land adjoining Deighton Mills, Leeds Road, Deighton, Huddersfield, HD2 1TY
Land adjacent to Raikes Lane, Birstall, Batley, WF17 9QX – Local Plan Housing Site (HS91)
Albert Morton Pavilion, Whitechapel Road, Scholes, Cleckheaton, BD19 6HN – former pavilion
Land off Snelsins Lane, Cleckheaton, BD19 3UH
Land adjacent to 96/88 South Parade, Cleckheaton, BD19 3AF
Land to the rear of 313 Old Wakefield Road, Moldgreen, Huddersfield, HD5 8AA
Land at Southgate, Huddersfield, HD1 6QR
Progress Works, Silver Street, Moldgreen, Huddersfield, HD5 9AF
Shaw Business Park, Silver Street, Moldgreen, Huddersfield, HD5 9AF
Land adjacent to 19 Eastborough Crescent, Dewsbury, WF13 1PQ
Land at Ravenswharfe Road, Scout Hill, Dewsbury, WF13 3RD
Land at Low Road, Dewsbury Moor, Dewsbury, WF13 3PP
The Children’s Place, Netherfield Road, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, WF13 3JY – former nursery
Commercial Premises, Market Street, Paddock, Huddersfield, HD1 4SE
Land and premises, Greenhouse Road, Fartown, Huddersfield, HD2 2QB
Land off Laithe Avenue, Holmbridge, Holmfirth, HD9 2PJ
Land at Greenside Road, Mirfield, WF14 0AU
Land at Hagg Lane, Lower Hopton, Mirfield, WF14 8QG
Pathways – Mirfield Day Centre, Nettleton Road, Mirfield, WF14 9AQ – former adult day care centre
23-25 Chapel Hill, Huddersfield, HD1 3ED – surplus building
Land at Albert Street, Lockwood, Huddersfield, HD1 3QU
Land at Manor Mills, Kings Mill Lane, Huddersfield, HD1 3AW
Land at Folly Hall, Huddersfield, HD1 3PA
Golden Fleece, Robin Hood Hill, Berry Brow, Huddersfield, HD4 7QP – pub
Victoria Hotel, 105 Jackroyd Lane, Newsome, Huddersfield, HD4 6RB – pub
Site of the former Gomersal First School, Oxford Rd, Gomersal, Cleckheaton BD19 4PX