Plans for new block of flats in Bradford still set to go ahead
Work on the corner of Clarges Street and Little Horton Lane is set to begin soon
Last updated 10th Nov 2025
WORK on a major residential and retail development could finally begin soon – over three years after plans were first approved.
In August 2022 Bradford Council approved a planning application to redevelop a car park site at the corner of Clarges Street and Little Horton Lane.
A planning application by AMAFHH Investments set out plans for a development of 59 flats on the site – with retail space in the ground floor of the new building.
At the time, the company said the development would be the first step in a much wider scheme to convert neighbouring Brigella Mills, which has been empty for years’ into housing.
Although Bradford Council approved the plans, work didn’t begin on the site, and the car park instead became home to two street food stalls.
One condition placed on the approval by Bradford Council was that work would need to begin within three years, or planning permission would expire.
Now AMAFHH Investments has submitted evidence to Bradford Council to show that work on the site started just before the end of the three-year deadline.
If Bradford Council approves the “confirmation of compliance” application, the planning permission remains in place, and the development can begin in earnest.
The application says existing tenants on the car park site were given notice to vacate on August 17 and some of the works began on the site on August 22.
It includes an inspection by Alpha Building Control that shows photos of drainage works having taken place on the site.
The application adds: “A lawful material start was commenced on site within the defined time limit. The permission is therefore considered extant in perpetuity and the Certificate of Lawfulness should be approved accordingly.”
Bradford Council are expected to make a decision on the application before the end of the year.
The approved application will see 293 square metre commercial unit built on the ground floor and 59 apartments, 24 one bed flats and 35 two bed flats, built on the upper floors.
There would be almost 40 car parking spaces as well as 85 cycle parking spaces.
At the time the plans were submitted the applicants told the Local Democracy Reporting Service their aim was to “raise the quality of residential projects in the city.”
The company said there was no reason why Bradford should not have the type of high quality developments that are currently being created in Manchester and Leeds.