Developer's bid to turn historic hall into homes

IT was recently a major venue for weddings and events as a hotel, but major proposals have now been submitted to convert a now derelict historic Todmorden building complex into 22 new homes.

- By JOHN GREENWOOD Local Democracy Reporting Service

Mr Sanjay Sharma of Rural Solutions has applied to Calderdale Council planners seeking permission to convert Grade II-listed Scaitcliffe Hall and associated buildings into housing.

Scaitcliffe Hall, which is off Burnley Road, Todmorden, originally dates to the 1660s, historically associated with the town’s Crossley family, and it was their home for many years.

But it has seen different uses more recently, including as a council care home in the 1970s, and it underwent expansion in the 1990s when its parkland setting ensured it was a very popular privately-owned hotel venue for weddings and other events.