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We’re shining a light on the destruction in South East Calderdale

Calderdale’s Local Plan is unsustainable and undeliverable – find out why: https://thornhells.org.uk/
In 2019, Calderdale Council promised a “transformational corridor”, 6 years later, the bulldozers haven’t arrived, but what remains of the scheme fits mostly into a pot of road paint.

Calderdale promised transformation – residents will be left with painted tarmac.

thornhells.org.uk/a641/
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In 2020, we asked for help finding M62 J24a, referenced in Local Plans but removed after the Planning Inspector told no delivery prospects.

Four years later, J24a is back (by 2050) —in cash-strapped Calderdale's latest infrastructure delivery plan. If only they could find another £50 - £70 million.
November 30, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Here's a recap on a post we've already shared elsewhere. We conducted analysis on the large-scale borrowing Calderdale Council proposes to fund private developers in South-East Calderdale. Question is: Why is a cash-strapped council borrowing money to fund speculative private sector developers?
November 27, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Recap: 03/24, we shared this elsewhere:

New farm shop: irony or the ultimate insult?
Here's a 'Spot the Difference' competition.
On the left is farmland. On the right, mass housing, despite the promises: no health centre or secondary school, no farm left, but we get a farm shop—irony or insult?
November 20, 2024 at 6:43 AM