FURTHER plans have been revealed for another section of a key site in Shelf that was once home to a former mill.

The land between Shelf Hall Lane and Halifax Road, used to house Clough Mills, but in recent months an outline application for housing was made for one part of the site.

Now E Bottomley and Son wants to refurbish part of an existing industrial building on the site and split it into four separate units.

The building, just behind the Esso petrol filling station on Halifax Road, is stone built with a large chimney, but has asbestos cement sheets for the roof.

The plans indicate that the asbestos roof would be replaced as part of the redevelopment, aluminium framed windows would be added, and steel roller shutter doors.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: An industrial building on the Clough Mills site in ShelfAn industrial building on the Clough Mills site in Shelf (Image: Google Maps)

It follows a site masterplan on the earlier housing application indicating a commercial or industrial unit on the site, and a drive-thru unit nearer the roadside.

There is however, no mention of the drive-thru on these plans.

The application form also states that this section of the site is currently vacant and has been since January this year.

It follows outline plans for up to 16 homes on the northern part of the site, which are still waiting to be determined.

The plans are for a section of the former Clough Mills site, with the whole site allocated for housing in the emerging Local Plan.

A target date for a decision on the plans by Joe Bottomley Ventures is now expected to be July, according to the Council’s planning website.

Calderdale Council’s Highways department had previously warned about visibility at the proposed roundabout to access the housing development.

In May the Telegraph & Argus reported how after a revised layout was submitted, highways officers said it only offered a small improvement in visibility for motorists.

Extending the footpath would improve “intervisibility” between the northern Shelf Hall Lane approach and the site access.

But in a response from Highways as part of the consultation, it states that despite the changes “concerns remain about the visibility at this location”.

The historic mill was destroyed by fire in 2005, with Decosol Ltd, a business manufacturing car cleaning products, occupying most of the mill at the time.

Fire investigators found the blaze started accidentally on the first floor where chemicals were stored to make screenwash for cars.