98 homes at Land East Of Moorcrest, Soaper Lane, Shelf, Halifax
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Calderdale Planning Committee on 7 Jul 2026.
What was proposed
The application proposed demolishing existing dwellings and outbuildings to build 98 homes with public open space, landscaping and infrastructure.
“Proposal: Demolition of existing dwellings and associated outbuildings to facilitate the residential development of 98 dwellings with communal public open space, landscaping and infrastructure works (revised scheme).”
Officer report
The site
The site was land east of Moorcrest on Soaper Lane in Shelf, Halifax, and the applicant was Persimmon Homes (West Yorkshire).
“Applicant: Persimmon Homes (West Yorkshire)”
Officer report
Officer advice
The planning officer advised mindful permission subject to completing a section 106 legal agreement and gave reasons set out in the report.
“The Planning Officer presented a written report of the Director, Regeneration and Strategy which had been submitted in accordance with the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 and reported orally that the recommendation was Mindful to Permit subject to the completion of a section 106 legal agreement by the Director, Regeneration and Strategy, for the reasons set out in the report and…”
Minutes
Who addressed the committee
An objector, the applicant and the ward councillor addressed the committee.
The committee decision
The committee resolved to permit the application subject to a section 106 legal agreement and an amended condition requiring a pre-construction badger survey.
“RESOLVED that the application be Mindful to Permit subject to the completion of a section 106 legal agreement in accordance with the recommendation of the Director, Regeneration and Strategy with the following amended condition:”
“C21: No works shall commence until details of a pre-construction badger survey of the site has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The survey shall be undertaken by a qualified ecologist and shall be undertaken in accordance with the measures set out in Section 4 of the Confidential Badger Report prepared by Futures Ecology dated March 2026 (Report Reference Number: FE286/BR01) received March 2026.”
Minutes
Sources
- Calderdale Planning Committee minutes, 7 July 2026
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Calderdale's committee minutes and officer report. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Date
- Tuesday 7 July 2026
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- Approved
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- The application (council website)
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This committee's year
15 decisions in the 12 months to this meeting, 1 against officer advice.
Source: Plota analysis of the committee's minutes.