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I catalogue planning applications that threaten historic buildings or streets in The North of England. If an application for demolition of a building with any remote historical interest is submitted, I will post it here.
I care a great deal about historic buildings and the landscape that they are integral to the region
The dominance of the car, the industrialised mass production of buildings and the globalisation of style mean that the type of architecture and urbanism we once had will never be replaced.
I am not against development or the supply of much needed housing, but demolition is almost always the easy option rather than the best option. Restoring our old building stock means saving carbon emissions and saving our cultural heritage.
The Demolition Register 
Hello,
Hello,
I am working with the University of Huddersfield and Kirklees Local TV to produce a short video provisionally entitled Huddersfield’s NHS: the Caribbean Connection in readiness for Black History Month (Oct. 2020).
As health workers recruited from overseas including people from the Caribbean worked at St Lukes Hospital during the 1960s-mid 80s, it would be excellent to include a few edited still images of how the hospital used to look. Would it be possible to access selected images from your website for use in this educational film made for a private screening? Would any charges be involved please? I wish to avoid any copyright problems.
Thank you and looking forward to hearing from you.
Hi, can I ask which images specifically you are interested in?
Hello,
I am hoping you can help. I’m looking for information on a former ‘chapel’ which has now been demolished on Grange Road (formerly known as Back Lane), West Cowick, Goole. There is evidence of foundations, it is overgrown, has a very small footprint. Residents say it was a chapel, but this may just be a general term used, not certain it was actually a methodist establishment. Uncertain when it was demolished but definitely prior to 2010 but could be decades before this. I can’t find any old postcards or photos of it. Would love to know more about it if you could possibly point me in the right direction.
Many thanks, Lucy.
Hi,
It looks like there was a chapel there, as it is shown on historic maps that date from around 1900:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17.8&lat=53.68625&lon=-1.01436&layers=168&right=ESRIWorld
Maybe try searching for some old aerial photos. Britain from above is a good resource for this.
hi i was just looking at your demolition register .and i deal in reclaimed timber which i buy from many demolition jobs .churches schools mills ect and i make reclaimed flooring out of them .and i was wondering if you have or you could get any information about up coming demolition jobs. is there any way i could get some regular information from .any source im willing to pay for it .also i would pay you for your trouble if you could help. looking forward to your reply arthur
hi,
this site is more about trying to save historic buildings from being demolished, so cant help you there im affraid