£140m housing investment underway
The first phase of a £140m brownfield development scheme in East Leeds has got underway.
As part of Leeds City Council’s ground-breaking Brownfield Development Programme, Keepmoat Homes and Strata have started development on sites at Brooklands Avenue, York Road and Kentmere Approach in Seacroft and Cartmell Drive in Halton Moor, in what is the initial phase of the extensive regeneration vision.
The overall programme will help to regenerate the neighbourhoods of Seacroft, Halton Moor and Osmondthorpe, delivering almost 1,000 new homes. A further 700 homes will be delivered on land to the rear of Seacroft hospital with the entire investment creating 900 new jobs.
Keepmoat and Strata secured planning permission for 13 significant developments sites across East Leeds. The development follows the marketing of the sites as a package by the Council in 2015, which has worked closely with both developers over the last 18 months.
The initial phase of the Brownfield Development Programme will see the construction of 178, two, three and four-bedroom homes at Brooklands Avenue, 33, three and four–bedroom homes at York Road and 45, two and three-bedroom homes at Cartmell Drive, with the first properties due for completion this year. Meanwhile Kentmere Approach will see the delivery of 128, two, three and four-bedroom homes over the next two years and development at Bishops Way is due to start shortly, which will provide a further 109 homes for the area.
Keepmoat Homes and Strata Homes will be delivering 1,700 new houses in total over ten years, aimed at local residents – averaging 150 new homes per year. This includes the delivery of 700 new homes on land to the rear of Seacroft Hospital which is the largest single development site.
Leeds City Council executive member for regeneration, transport and planning Cllr Richard Lewis, said: “This is the largest single private housing deal we’ve done for some years in Leeds and reaffirms that with the right strategy the delivery of new homes on brownfield land can be successfully achieved. It is testament to the Council’s approach of bringing sites to the market in a way that offers confidence and certainty to developers and gives them the opportunity to make a long-term commitment in parts of the city where some housebuilders won’t think of investing.”
