Green light for £14m Leeds city centre scheme

Developer Crosslane Group has secured conditional planning consent to deliver a 117 bed student accommodation development on Woodhouse Square in Leeds.

The £14m scheme is Crosslane’s first development in Leeds, but second in Yorkshire following the approval of planning permission and construction of Crosslane’s 437 bed purpose-built student accommodation development in Sheffield due for completion before the start of the new academic year in September.

Completion of the Leeds scheme is due in time for the 2018/2019 academic year. Prime Student Living, the student accommodation lettings and operational management arm of Crosslane, will be responsible for achieving full occupancy prior to practical completion.

The site is situated in a conservation area in the north west of Leeds city centre on the corner of Woodhouse Square and Claremont Avenue, and is a short walk to Leeds University campus in the north and the city’s main shopping areas in the east.

Crosslane has appointed DAY Architectural as the architects for the development.

Robert Goulsbra, development manager, Crosslane Student Developments, said: “Crosslane is delighted to have secured planning consent for Woodhouse Square, our first student accommodation development in Leeds, a city with one of the largest student populations in the country whose numbers are continuing to increase.

“Crosslane has worked in close conjunction with the Leeds planning department, adapting the proposal to ensure it reflected local requirements whilst meeting the increasing expectation of students looking to live in modern purpose-built student accommodation. The proposed scheme is very well located, a short walk to Leeds University campus in the north and the city’s main shopping areas in the east. Leeds is an exciting student city with attractive supply/demand fundamentals persisting and our planned development will help to meet this demand.”

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