Brighouse Town Centre Improvements

On Site Update

Update: 8th May 2026

Works undertaken in the past few weeks

Commercial Street

• Paving has been placed on the north footway (on the bus station side of the road) with the parking and loading bay setts also placed.
• Across the road, the area in front of Wellington Arcade has been cleared with connections for drainage installed and the new kerb alignment put in place.
• The new kerb line has also been installed at the junction with Market Street and the concrete footway placed.

Market Street

• Sandstone paving has been placed on the eastern footway with setts installed to the parking bays.

Thornton Square

• Three tree pits outside the shops and cafes have been installed and drainage works have been completed across the Square.
• Concrete footways have been cast and are being installed across the main square with the footways in front of the shops also in progress.
• Poles for CCTV cameras have been installed.
• 13 trees have been planted across the Square.
• Calderdale Council are also undertaking refurbishment works on the toilet block alongside the main works.

Coming up soon:

Commercial Street

• Works will be completed where Commercial Street meets Gooder Street.
• The setts for the parking and loading bays will be completed.
• Finishing works across business and shop frontages along Commercial Street, plus Church Lane and Hutchinson Lane, will continue.
• Paving will be installed along the new footway in front of Wellington Arcade with the new kerb line finalised along this stretch.

Market Street

• The setts that will be the parking bays will be completed.
• Paving works will continue with new kerb lines and footways finished.

West Park Street

• Works on the new kerb line and footpaths, including sandstone and concrete footways.

Thornton Square / Briggate

• Works on the new footways will be completed with sandstone paving also installed in parts of the Square.
• Works will also begin on the new setts which will be the parking and loading bays in the area.

On Site Update

Update: 16 March 2026

Works undertaken in the past few weeks

• One of the most noticeable changes is on Hutchinson Lane, between Gooder Street and Commercial Street, where the road has been paved with the sandstone which will be a familiar sight across the town centre. This route will provide a much more attractive link between the town centre, bus station and Parsonage Lane car park.
• Work on Church Lane to excavate and lay concrete is continuing and will soon be finished with the same sandstone laid on Hutchinson Lane.
• On Commercial Street, excavation works have taken place and the granite kerb installed between Church Lane and Hutchinson Lane showing how the loading and parking bays will be marked in the town centre.
• On Market Street, excavation works to make the area ready for the kerb installation.
• On Thornton Square & Briggate, the large cell of 10 tree pits has been installed. You can see the progress below between the drone shot taken at the end of February and the work on the ground at the moment.

Coming up soon:

• Commercial Street: The team will remove the existing pavement surface and start to install the new pavement finishes. This is made up of two different types of paving slabs and granite. There will also be planting of trees towards the bottom of Hutchinson Lane and outside Czerwicks. The aim is to complete this section prior to Easter.
• Thornton Square / Bethel Street: Work to excavate the tree pits in the west end of Bethel Street (towards Thornton Square) will continue through to Easter with concrete pavement works across the new tree pits in preparation for the new paving to be installed.
• Market Street: The granite kerb will be installed and tree planting will take place. The aim here too is to complete the work before Easter.
• West Park Street: Work will begin on West Park Street to remove the existing footway and kerb.

Looking further ahead:

• The work will continue on Commercial Street with paving installed to the remaining section of the north footway to the junction with Gooder Lane. Esh will begin work on the south side of Commercial Street (from Costa outside Wellington Arcade to Papa John’s) and the western footway of Market Street. While on Briggate and in Thornton Square, the preparation works for paving will continue.

On Site Update

Update: 16 February 2026

• On Commercial Street, two tree pits have now been installed and drainage connections are progressing.
• On Market Street, drainage connections have been completed to the junction with West Park Street, parking bays have been excavated with work now underway on their formation, and two tree pits have been installed.

Coming up in the next few weeks:

• Hutchinson Lane, between the bus station and Commercial Street, will see excavation and concrete works taking place ahead of paving work beginning before the end of February.
• Church Lane, between Gooder Street and Commercial Street, will have excavation, drainage and concrete works ongoing before paving there which is due to begin in early March.
• Thornton Square work will continue with tree pits being dug for what will be the new look community space in the heart of the town centre.

Traffic Regulation Orders

Update: 12 February 2026

Some of the work being delivered by the Brighouse Town Deal’s Town Centre Improvements require new or amended Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs). These are the legal documents which are required to enable the changes to traffic flows and parking.

Between Thursday 12th February and Thursday 5th March, a formal consultation on the Town Deal changes, alongside separate changes proposed by the Council’s review of parking across the borough, is taking place.

This is a legal process managed by Calderdale Council’s Highways team and comments are considered by a Governing Body made up of impartial officers, not directly involved in the scheme.

You can read the proposed TROs and see all the supporting documents at https://new.calderdale.gov.uk/streets-and-transport/transport-initiatives/tro/current-tro/brighouse-town-centre-improvements

You can have your say on the proposed TROs by email to BrighouseTRO@calderdale.gov.uk before the consultation closes on 5th March 2026.

On Site Update

Update: 26 January 2026

• Ongoing now, works on Commercial Street (between Aldi and the junction with Market Street) – this includes drainage works and installation of the tree pits for the new planting.
• The same drainage and installation work is happening on Market Street.
• Preparations are being made for the installation new granite kerbs on the north of Commercial Street between the Hutchinson Lane and Church Street junctions, and the eastern side of Market Street between West Park Street and Commercial Street.
• In early February, work will start in Thornton Square to prepare the cluster of tree pits which will form part of the new look focal point for the town centre.
• Work will also start in early February on Hutchinson Lane (between Commercial Street and the Bus Station) and Church Lane (between Commercial Street and Gooder Lane).