BD18 PROJECT PREPARATION BRIEF
Distinguishing a Saltaire alteration from a general Shipley refurbishment

Prepared by ATR Developments Limited. You can use this with your designer or builder.
These are preparation prompts, not a property survey or a permissions decision.

Project address: ______________________________
Proposed work: ________________________________
Intended use / occupation: ____________________

For a Saltaire property, heritage and listing checks should precede decisions about external alterations. A refurbishment elsewhere in Shipley or Wrose may have a different set of constraints. Bradford’s guidance and the individual building record are the starting points; neither the BD18 prefix nor a neighbour’s work establishes consent.

DECISIONS TO RESOLVE

1. Describe exactly what changes
Separate repair, replacement and alteration on drawings and photographs. Check Bradford’s Article 4 information and the National Heritage List for the address before deciding which permissions or specialist advice are needed.
[ ] Gather: The building record and a schedule of proposed external and internal changes.
Notes: ________________________________________

2. Set out the new services discreetly
When upgrading a kitchen or bathroom, show proposed vents, flues and pipe routes as well as the fittings. These may affect retained fabric or visible elevations and should be considered with the wider design.
[ ] Gather: Existing and proposed service routes marked on plans and elevations.
Notes: ________________________________________

ADDRESS CHECKS
[ ] Confirm the authority using the full address: https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council
[ ] Establish applicable permissions with the relevant authority and advisers.

PRIMARY RESOURCES

Local maps & character documents
Selected links from the council’s directory. Use the named area and boundary to check relevance to your property; these documents do not apply to the whole postcode.
Saltaire: https://www.bradford.gov.uk/environment/conservation-areas/saltaire-conservation-area/
Wrose: https://www.bradford.gov.uk/environment/conservation-areas/wrose-conservation-area/

Bradford Council
Use the property record and the mapped conservation area, rather than assuming the whole postcode has one designation.
Planning history: https://www.bradford.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning-applications/view-planning-applications/
Conservation maps & assessments: https://www.bradford.gov.uk/environment/conservation-areas/list-of-conservation-areas/

Bradford Article 4 information
Check which direction and types of work apply to the address, alongside any individual building listing.
Directions and affected areas: https://www.bradford.gov.uk/environment/article-4-directions/article-4-directions/

Historic England
Search for an individual listed building. This is a different check from whether it stands in a conservation area.
Search the National Heritage List: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/

Resource review: 2026-10-16
No project cost, permission or availability is confirmed by this checklist.