FRESH plans have been submitted to build ten homes on fields in Clifton, with a new developer set to take on the scheme.

Local developer JB Henry and Sons already has planning permission in place to build ten four bedroom, detached houses on the land off Well Lane.

But following approval it emerged that as Well Lane would need to be upgraded to be used as the access road to the larger development, it was not considered to be wide enough by planners.

Director of the Clifton-based firm, Jack Henry, told the Telegraph & Argus at the time that following discussions with Calderdale Council's planning department they had taken the decision to knock down 1 Meadow Court to allow the access lane to be widened.

The property was already owned by the firm and is built right up to the boundary with the lane.

Now following the fresh application Mr Henry confirmed that due to an illness in the family, the development would now be taken on by another developer and that they were selling both the land and the 1970s property that needed demolishing to improve the access.

A design and access statement submitted to Calderdale Council as part of the updated plans outlines how the changes to the plans are around the types of houses to be built with the layout and overall number remaining the same.

"It is proposed to replicate the previously approved site layout and access with updated dwelling proposals replacing the single house design of the extant proposals.

"The new access road connecting to Towngate via Well Lane is to be installed to standards suitable for adoption by the local authority."

Last year the T&A reported Mr Henry as saying: "We had thought the access would be wide enough, but highways want a footpath and strip of grass.

"We don't want to do it, but needs must."

It would not have worked to just lose the gable end of the property, he said. This way we can upgrade the 1970s property too, he added.

The development is also near the historic Black Horse Inn.

In a statement submitted to the Council as part of the 2018 application, it states: "The dwelling is being demolished and reconstructed for two reasons: 1) to facilitate a wider access road to the approved housing development to the rear of Meadow Court and 2) to enable the property to be brought up to modern standards.

"The proposed replacement property is virtually identical to the existing being of similar form and appearance but approximately 1m narrower than existing."

The original plans for the ten home development were approved in 2015 at outline stage. Reserved matters, such as appearance and layout, were agreed following a further application approved in 2017.

At the time of the original application, Calderdale's highways officers considered the scheme acceptable if Well Lane was "upgraded to adopted standards with a 5.5m wide carriageway and a single 1.8m wide footway".