Residential plans for Leeds’ South Bank unveiled

PLANS to build 205 residential units at Leeds’ South Bank will be presented to Leeds City Council for the first time next week.

Leeds-based developer Citu is behind the proposal for the Clarence Road site, which is very close to Leeds Dock and on the banks of the River Aire.

It is next to Liberty Dock student accommodation, pictured, and will cover a four-acre site.

The brownfield site has not been in use since the Hydro Aluminium Foundry closed and it has subsequently been demolished.

Citu’s scheme is for 205 dwellings, arranged in 13 blocks, made up of a mixture of flats, live-work units and houses.

Leeds City Council’s chief planning officer Tim Hill described the scheme as “a significant regeneration opportunity that will contribute to the

delivery of the Council’s vision for the South Bank”.

Planning permission was previously granted for a larger scheme, on both sides of Clarence Road. That was for 625 residential units, a hotel, offices and leisure and was approved more than six years ago but the permission has now expired.