DOZENS of buildings will be put up for sale as Kirklees Council tries to raise cash.

A confidential document leaked to the Examiner shows officers are planning to auction land across Huddersfield.

Among the sites which could go under the hammer are the large Victorian house of Briarcourt at Lindley and the former Stile Common School, Newsome.

Officers also plan to auction East Lawns care home at Lindley and North House care home in Lockwood.

Kirklees officers Mick Kendal and Mark Gregory have compiled a 10-page document outlining the sell-off plan.

They wrote: “The market dictates interest and value.”

Magdale wrote: “I almost fell off my chair. KMC seem to be doing the right thing and disposing of assets that are not needed.

“I hope they scratch a little more below the surface and find more things to sell off.

“Council offices in Honley seem to be sitting there doing nothing?”

cynicalagedone added: “If the council has no further use for them then it is better to sell them to someone who can utilise them.

“In light of the latest decision in the courts with people objecting to cuts in care provision it may be prudent to hang on to the care homes.

“In regard to the quick vote, if a property will cost too much to bring it back into use it is better to demolish on maintenance and health and safety grounds than leave it standing becoming a blight on the surrounding area.”

ukbrit: “How about turning these old buildings into council flats so they can be rented thus generating revenue for the council?”

Holmfirth residents are also thinking about empty spaces – this time with applications for a new supermarket from both Lidl and Tesco looming.

Keep Holmfirth Special (KHS) is opposing Tesco’s plans to build a giant supermarket at the former Midlothian Garage site, off New Mill Road, but the group is encouraging residents to support German discount store chain Lidl’s proposal to build a supermarket on the site of Riverholme Works, off Huddersfield Road.

Tradders thought the number of jobs created by the Lidl plan compared to Tesco made it an easy decision: “20 to 25 new jobs as opposed to 175 in the Tesco plan. Come on Tesco.”

Birkbyproud added: “Lidl says its new supermarket will be a ‘community foodstore’...It will be a supermarket like Tesco!”