Plans for a new Masjid in the Al-Hikmah grounds has been conditionally approved following a long three-year process that saw it deferred twice.
The Al-Ihsan Trust received the news from Kirklees Council last month and are now looking at the next stage in furthering the building of the faith centre.
The Al-Ihsan Trust received the news from Kirklees Council last month and are now looking at the next stage in furthering the building of the faith centre.
Bashir Karolia, Chair of Al-Ihsan Trust, said “This is wonderful news and brings to an end this process, which we commenced back in 2015. We can now start to plan for the construction of the new Masjid and we look forward to this next phase of the development”.
Receiving planning permission has been a task in itself, with the initial application being withdrawn on the advice of planning officers before a re-submission of an amended application in December 2017. The application was deferred twice before being approved last month.
In a statement Al-Ihsan Trust said it was a team effort to reach this far and paid particular credit to Yunus Lunat, Bibi Bai Laher, Abdul Aziz Ravat, Bashir Karolia, Mohammed Ali Lunat, Cllr Habiban Zaman, Cllr Fazila Loonat and Mr Al Samarraie who spoke at the three planning committee meetings.
They also thanked the support, encouragement and duas from the local community, IMWS committee and the Ulama. Participants at meetings chaired by Bashir Karolia were also recognised including Nazir Raja, Dr Imtiyaz Patel, Abdul Aziz Ravat and Musa Kazi.
The next stage is for the official planning notice to be issued, but work is yet to be done to reach there.
Abdul Aziz Ravat, who attended the planning committee meetings and spoke, said, “Now that we have received approval from Kirklees Council we now need to negotiate with officers the Section 106 Agreement. Once this is approved then the Official Planning Notice will be issued. There will be lots of work ahead of us but today we have reached a significant milestone. We look forward to the support, co-operation and duas from everyone”.
As part of the Section 106 Agreement, a Traffic Regulation Order may need to be drawn up to manage onstreet parking on a permnent basis.
Receiving planning permission has been a task in itself, with the initial application being withdrawn on the advice of planning officers before a re-submission of an amended application in December 2017. The application was deferred twice before being approved last month.
In a statement Al-Ihsan Trust said it was a team effort to reach this far and paid particular credit to Yunus Lunat, Bibi Bai Laher, Abdul Aziz Ravat, Bashir Karolia, Mohammed Ali Lunat, Cllr Habiban Zaman, Cllr Fazila Loonat and Mr Al Samarraie who spoke at the three planning committee meetings.
They also thanked the support, encouragement and duas from the local community, IMWS committee and the Ulama. Participants at meetings chaired by Bashir Karolia were also recognised including Nazir Raja, Dr Imtiyaz Patel, Abdul Aziz Ravat and Musa Kazi.
The next stage is for the official planning notice to be issued, but work is yet to be done to reach there.
Abdul Aziz Ravat, who attended the planning committee meetings and spoke, said, “Now that we have received approval from Kirklees Council we now need to negotiate with officers the Section 106 Agreement. Once this is approved then the Official Planning Notice will be issued. There will be lots of work ahead of us but today we have reached a significant milestone. We look forward to the support, co-operation and duas from everyone”.
As part of the Section 106 Agreement, a Traffic Regulation Order may need to be drawn up to manage onstreet parking on a permnent basis.