On 6 May 2021 at 03:14:37 BST, "williamwright"
wrote:

On 05/05/2021 21:52, ARW wrote:
I passed it a few months ago and I had no idea what what happening - I
saw the scaffolding and just assumed it was a bit of maintenance.

I passed it again this week and saw the new glass so did some research.

A couple of photos from tonight.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...atertower1.jpg

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...atertower2.jpg

You can view the planning permission here



https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/plannin...cations-online



or somewhere on there

and search for

16/01858/FUL

And it looks from the photos that they have cladded the concrete instead
of cleaning it. A pity really as it distracts from the main original
design feature of the building - brutalism concrete.


It also looks like level 1 has an outside door.

It does - no door shown on the plans. Maybe it a full height window.


https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/...ecome-13444560

Bill

Good on them - went for £110,000 (from a guide price of £4k).

Should think that scaffolding cost a few quid - 100k to adapt? Foundations
should be quite sturdy :-)

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Cheers, Rob