HUDDERSFIELD CIVIC SOCIETY NEWS

Empty units in the market. Picture: Huddersfield Examiner. The society is backing Kirklees Council in its bid for a share of the Government’s new £675 million Future High Streets fund. The fund aims to help local leaders transform town centres by consolidating high street properties, improving transport and access and…

Three workshops organised by the Huddersfield Partnership have been attended by the society. The Partnership gives town centre businesses a chance to outline their recommendations for the Business Improvement District (BID). BIDs are part of the Government’s plan to encourage partnership working between a local authority and the business community….

Fancy an enlightening stroll? Here are some excellent ways to discover Huddersfield on foot. ​The 2019 walks’ programme produced by the Discover Huddersfield partnership is available by clicking the link below. It includes 17 walks around the town with themes including architecture, radical history, music and Caribbean heritage. Walks are…

Award winner: Icestone Gelato, John William Street A proposal to allocate funding for the improvement of shop fronts in the area around St George’s Square was agreed this week by Kirklees Council’s cabinet. Huddersfield Civic Society applauds the decision – and we welcome your views on this important topic. An…

Kirklees Council has been told it can proceed towards adoption of the Local Plan. An independent examination by the Planning Inspectorate has concluded that with the recommended modifications the plan is sound and legally compliant. Its adoption will be considered by councillors at an extraordinary Council meeting on Wednesday, February…

​To paraphrase Lord Kitchener, ‘Your town needs you’. That’s the message being driven by HCS committee members in the light of recent shop closures and increasingly negative comments in the local papers. Many of us are proud of Huddersfield and appreciate that it still retains a good selection of shops,…

A walk around the town centre involving some of our committee members and senior council officials gave a chance to raise important issues. David Wyles, Martin Kilburn and Chas Ball  were joined by Kirklees Strategic Head of Economy and Infrastructure, Karl Battersby, and principal officers from Highways, Planning and  Housing…

A newly opened cycling route from Longroyd Bridge to Milnsbridge has increased interest in extending it to the upper valley as well as into the town centre. The route is funded by City Connect, a programme of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Kirklees Council has commissioned sustainable transport charity Sustrans…

An ambitious project to capitalise on the town’s rich musical heritage has been welcomed by Huddersfield Civic Society. The project, aimed at making Kirklees a world-class destination for music, has received nearly £300,000 from the Leeds LEP’s Business Rates Pool fund. At a HCS meeting in the town hall on…

  A new landmark building which gives the town a ‘wow factor’ was among the best new buildings constructed in the town last year, according to readers of the Huddersfield Examiner. They voted the AHR-designed Oastler Building at Shorehead their favourite in the Huddersfield Civic Society Design Awards, but it…