Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006

Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006

• Foreword
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Calderdale in Context
  • The District of Calderdale
  • Population
  • Households
  • The Housing Stock
  • Local Economy
  • Social Profile
  • The Environment
• Strategic and Core Part One Policies
• 3 Guiding Principles and Key Themes
• 4 Employment, The Economy, Tourism and Regeneration
• 5 Housing
• 6 Retailing and Town Centres
• 7 Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities
• 8 The Built and Historic Environment
• 9 Transport
• 10 Infrastructure, Education and Community Facilities
• 11 Natural Environment and the Countryside
• 12 Environmental Protection
• 13 Minerals
• 14 Waste Management
• 15 Monitoring and Review of the Plan
• Annex A Privacy, Daylighting and Amenity Space
• Annex B Trees On or Adjacent to Development Sites
• Appendix 1 National Planning Policy
• Appendix 2 National Minerals Policy
• Appendix 3 Supporting Published Documents
• Appendix 4 Glossary of Terms
• Appendix 5 Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Appendix 6 Policy Topic Index
• Appendix 7 Policy Number Comparison
• Appendix 8 Supplementary Maps

2 Calderdale in Context

The District of Calderdale

2.1 Calderdale is a Metropolitan District forming part of the County of West Yorkshire which includes the cities and towns of Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Halifax and Keighley. Calderdale has an area of over 360 square kilometres (140 square miles) and is about 30km (19 miles) east to west and 24km (15 miles) north to south. Only a little over 13% of the District can be regarded as being part of any built-up urban area. The majority of the District is rural or urban fringe in character and is dominated by the high-level moorland of the South Pennines and other open land and pasture, which surrounds and provides the setting for the towns and other settlements. The South Pennines provides a vital corridor in the Pennine Chain from the Peak District National Park to the Dales National Park and North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

To the east lies the main part of the West Yorkshire conurbation. Leeds, the regional capital of Yorkshire and the Humber, is only 14 miles from Halifax, whilst to the west Manchester is 23 miles from Halifax and about 11 miles from the District boundary. The M62 Motorway links Lancashire and Yorkshire and the main north/south national roads (M6 and M1/A1) together with the main northern ports of Liverpool and Humberside. The M62 runs along the southern boundary of Calderdale District at a high level. The Calder Valley railway provides good train services between Lancashire and Yorkshire serving a variety of destinations within and outside Calderdale. The District therefore stands as an important link between these two major economic centres and the influences of both are experienced within it.

The major towns of Huddersfield and Bradford, both under seven miles from Halifax, also act as significant economic, retail, social and cultural influences upon Calderdale. As a result the patterns of commuting to employment and education facilities are very complex. The choice and range of shopping and other facilities outside Calderdale means that there is much movement to more distant locations for shopping and leisure activities.

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