Try Mills West End Business Centre 237 Thornton Road Bradford West Yorkshire BD1 2JS Data via plota.co.uk

26/01787/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved
Listed buildingsTelecoms mastsCommercial premises

Proposal

Installation of 1No. 0.3 metre dish fixed to existing stub tower leg Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Jun 2026
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Consultation
25 Jun 2026
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Approved
17 Aug 2026

Approved on 17 Aug 2026 · Senior Planning Officer · Last checked 17 Aug 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DELEGATED OFFICER REPORT Planning Officer Report · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF CONSULTEE: HERITAGE CONSERVATION CONSULTEE RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 19 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF SITE NOTICE Publicity · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
1 listed building within 150 m
Nearest: Two 3 Storey Blocks and A Chimney Stack to Try Mills (Thornton Spinning Company) Opposite Number 244 and Part of Number 254 Thornton Road, Grade II, 44 m away
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Bradford and South Pennines; Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Bradford built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Bradford
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
BD1 2JS
Received
25 Jun 2026
Validated
25 Jun 2026
Ward
City (Ward 08)
Parish
Not In A Parish
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Aug 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
17 Aug 2026
Decision level
Senior Planning Officer
Applicant
Show
Agent
WHP Telecoms Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 86% of listed building works here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
97decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Bradford in the last twelve months, from validation. Bradford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 17 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14947499
Planning Portal ref
PP-14947499
Consultation
25 Jun 2026
Comments by
7 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
1 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
20 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

7 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2019 Approved
Upgrade of existing rooftop telecommunications apparatus and associated works
19/00397/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
258 Thornton Road Bradford West Yorkshire BD1 2LB
First floor front extension
24/02711/FUL
2021 Refused
254 Thornton Road Bradford West Yorkshire BD1 2LB
New shopfront
21/02440/FUL
2020 Approved
258 Thornton Road Bradford West Yorkshire BD1 2LB
First floor extension
20/04766/FUL
2019 Approved
Try Mills Centre 237 Thornton Road Bradford West Yorkshire BD1 2JS
Upgrade of existing rooftop telecommunications apparatus and associated works
19/00443/LBC
2018 Approved
Preston House Preston Street Bradford West Yorkshire
Replacement of existing flat roof with gabled pitched roof
18/03439/FUL
2016 Approved
Blue Print 262 Thornton Road Bradford West Yorkshire BD1 2LB
Use of premises as nightclub, recording studios and night watchman accommodation
16/04373/CLE
Bradford
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#195 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Bradford ranks #192 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bradford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #188 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #200 of 296
58%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #192 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #148 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
252 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
22 decided (10+ homes)
76%
Change of use approved
101 decided
2,322
Total decisions
323 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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