What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The expansion of a special needs school with 100 extra places could be given formal approval by council planners. A planning application setting out proposals for the re-building of Broomfield South school in Belle Isle has been submitted. The project would see part of the Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre (SILC)
A planning application has been submitted by Microsoft to build a data centre on the site of the former Skelton Grange power station in Stourton. Data Centres house ranks of servers (computers) providing computer power and storage for ‘the cloud’ and for artificial intelligence operations. They require large quantities of
A new Premier Inn hotel will help boost the city centre economy after plans were agreed with the council. Permission was sought to convert Verity House, on Canal Wharf in Holbeck, into a 131-bed hotel. Extensions will be added to the former office building as part of the project by
A fire-hit former factory could be bulldozed to make way for a row of houses under latest plans for the site. LWS Properties is seeking planning permission to redevelop Wayside Works, on Shafton Lane in Holbeck. The company previously applied to build 24 flats at the site but withdrew the proposal.
A planning application has been made to covert one of the buildings at Versa TV and film studios in Holbeck into a Padel Tennis Centre. Padel is a sport that combines elements of squash and tennis, which is becoming increasingly popular in the UK. Needing less skill and fitness than
An 18-storey block of flats can be built after three attempts by a developer to secure planning permission. A proposal for 164 apartments at Sayner Lane in Hunslet was agreed after Leeds City Council was offered an increased financial contribution. The project was first deferred by the City Plans Panel
Office blocks and hundreds of flats could be built on a former banking site after plans were approved by the council. Permission was sought to redevelop part of Water Lane in Holbeck, previously occupied by Lloyds Banking Group. Leeds City Council has given consent for two office blocks of 11
The developer behind plans for an 18-storey block of flats has failed to secure planning permission for a second time. Councillors were not convinced a development of 164 apartments on Sayner Lane in Hunslet can go ahead. A decision on consent for the project was first deferred by a plans panel
Delayed plans for an 18-storey block of flats are expected to go ahead after the developer agreed to include discounted rents. Leeds City Council deferred granting planning permission for the development of 164 apartments on Sayner Lane in the Riverside area of Hunslet. In May, a plans panel asked for design
A new city centre hotel could be created if plans are agreed for the conversion of an office building. Planning permission is sought for a 131-bedroom Premier Inn at Verity House, on Canal Wharf in Holbeck. Parent company Whitbread Plc said the hotel could accommodate 57,000 guests a year, generating some