Flood-hit West Yorkshire business gets a lift as stilt plans approved

A flood-hit furniture store in West Yorkshire is to be rebuilt on stilts after plans were passed by council bosses.

Russell Dean in Mytholmroyd is to stay but with the building lifted further off the ground to make it more resilient after it was hit by severe flooding in December 2015 when the River

Store owner Graham Schofield told BBC News: “We always wanted to rebuild here.”

The plans have been agreed by Calderdale Council’s planning committee and include a partial demolition of the existing structure and construction of a three-storey retail building.

The £3m works will begin shortly and the new store is planned to open on Boxing Day, exactly two years after the floods hit the village.