Planners give green light for more than 120 town centre apartments

Build-to-rent provider, Placefirst, has secured planning permission for its £21m BTR scheme in central Halifax.

The development will transform the site of a former multi-storey car park into 122 homes, a mixture of one and two-bedroom apartments, built specifically for private rent at Cow Green.

Designed in partnership with JM Architects, the scheme will integrate with Calderdale Council’s wider Cow Green public realm and highway improvements.

Other key members of the project team include DEP Landscape, Walker Sime, Roscoe, TACE and Maddox Planning.

Cow Green will be Placefirst’s most sustainable project to date. It will feature photovoltaic panels, air source heat pumps and wastewater heat recovery. It will also include electric vehicle charging and an electric car club for residents.

Placefirst will begin construction at Cow Green later this year with completion expected in 2025, after which the developer will remain on site and be responsible for every aspect of the neighbourhood, via its in-house residents services team.

The company’s work at Cow Green adds to its portfolio in Yorkshire which also includes Skye Edge in Sheffield, a community of 113 homes.

James Litherland, planning and development manager at the business, said: “We are pleased that Calderdale Council has approved our plans to transform this brownfield site into a new sustainable BTR community within Halifax.

“Our aim is to set the standard for build-to-rent in the town centre which we believe has untapped potential.

“We want to create a lasting and positive impact on the local area and we look forward to starting work on site later this year.”