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Land Adjacent To Emstead Works, Old Lane, Halifax

Land size
1.59 acres

Key Features

  • Residential Development Site
  • 1.59 Acres (0.64 Hectares)
  • Development Potential for 25 Dwellings

Description

The property briefly comprises a triangular parcel of land in the Boothtown area of Halifax. The topography of the land slopes from roughly East to West and is overgrown with trees and shrubs.

Planning

The property benefits from Planning Permission that is pending consideration under Application Ref: 19/00793/FUL for the Residential development of 24 dwellings. Full details of the application including drawings are available for inspection via the Planning Portal on the Local Authority Website using the Planning Application Reference number.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
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Date Posted
2026-01-29

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 122 Development Land listings in Yorkshire and The Humber (1+ acres).

This Property£408,805 / acre
Development Land Average (1+ acres) £229,404 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Listed Property
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Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

10 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 76% of premises

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

Mobile signal

OutdoorsIndoorsEE Good LimitedO2 Good LimitedThree Good GoodVodafone Good Limited

Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Trinity Academy Akroydon619 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    203
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Lee Mount Academy805 metresOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    274
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Moorside Community Primary School942 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    231
    Type
    Community school
  • Dean Field Community Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    220
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • St Malachy's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy0.9 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    172
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic

Secondary

  • Trinity Academy Halifax1 mileOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,624
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England
  • The North Halifax Grammar School1.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,207
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Halifax Academy1.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 16
    Pupils
    1,461
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Crossley Heath School1.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,179
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Trinity Academy Bradford2.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    914
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Tesco Ovenden Esso Express, Halifax716 metres
Iceland Halifax, Halifax0.8 miles
Lidl Ovenden Halifax, Halifax0.8 miles

GP surgery

Beechwood Medical Centre673 metres

Pharmacy

Ovenden Pharmacy673 metres

Hospital

Calderdale Royal Hospital2.5 miles

Green space

Playing Field337 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Halifax Rail Station1.5 miles

Nearest bus stop

Old Lane198 metres

Typical drive times

Elland13 min · 5.3 miles
Halifax4 min · 1.5 miles
Brighouse13 min · 5.7 miles
Sowerby Bridge14 min · 5.1 miles
Bradford (city)19 min · 7.6 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Very low risk

Planning map: Flood Zone 1.

Surface water

Medium to low risk (1 in 100 to 1 in 1000)

Not at the pin: mapped about 30 metres away.

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

Important notice: Information, maps and tags on this page are drawn from the advertising agent's marketing materials or generated automatically. LandSale has not verified them. Relying on these details is at your own risk, always carry out independent checks before committing to a purchase.

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