Dudleys Consulting Engineers has been appointed by Lovell Partnerships to advise on the development of 46 family homes on the 4.6-acre former Greenside Mill site in Skelmanthorpe, Kirklees.
After helping Lovell with civil and structural evaluations to support planning approval Dudleys is now providing detailed support to prepare the challenging site, between Huddersfield and Wakefield, for redevelopment.
Peter Dixon, Director at Dudleys said: “Extensive evaluations were required to help secure planning consent for new development proposals, where past attempts had failed. The site is bounded to the north by the Whistlestop Valley family railway visitor attraction and there is an 18-metre level difference from one side of the site to the other. With the planning desire to maximise development potential, we had to overcome significant technical challenges to address the level changes.
“Given the derelict nature of the existing buildings and the relic materials in them, we needed to undertake initial building safety surveys to inform of any dangerous areas and facilitate surveys required, most notably for the heritage record of the relatively untouched building interior and contents.”
As demolition progresses to allow construction of the new housing scheme to start in Spring 2023, Dudleys is undertaking a number of investigations to former shallow coal mining zones and existing drainage features to allow redevelopment works whilst maintaining a wetland area at the lower eastern point of the site.
Dudleys is working alongside Sten Architecture, Books Ecological and PB Planning to assist Lovell Partnerships in delivering Garrett Grove by early 2024.
