Grade II listed Cargill Works, Hull

Application for the demolition of various buildings within a listed industrial complex in Hull:

Extremely ambiguous plans have been submitted with a number of options for the removal of the listed buildings shown in the image above. Various options for thinning out the site have been put forward, the most comprehensive of which would see the entire site cleared.

This is the Cargill Works, formerly a major processing plant for seed oils, the largest of the buildings being an oil silo. The buildings are Grade II listed due to their historic relevance to the industrial history of Hull.

We have seen similar storage buildings re-purposed for successful cultural regeneration, such as the Baltic in Newcastle. A similarly scaled building in Brighouse is now the highest rock clibing wall in the country. Demolition should be minimised to any dangerous tanks and external plant. The Chimney, and surrounding brick buildings could be retained and brought into a new use, complementing the central silo.