Massive two million sq ft plans unveiled to extend city centre
Plans have been submitted for a landmark new development in Leeds.
If approved it would create a community of new homes, offices, retail, leisure and community uses, as well as extensive green public open space in the emerging South Bank neighbourhood.
The proposals, brought forward by Caddick Developments, aim to create a sustainable neighbourhood, incorporating a new linear park along Sweet Street and a large central open space on a similar scale to Park Square.
Located just off Meadow Road to the south of the city centre, this would repurpose a large brownfield site, bringing up to 1,925 new homes to address housing needs in the city and help regenerate the area.
The masterplan, designed by architects SimpsonHaugh, includes a mix of studio flats along with one, two and three-bed apartments.
New office, retail, and commercial space – including around 650,000 sq ft of Grade A office space – would aim to provide an economic boost to the community and create provision for around 4,000 new jobs once complete, while supporting around 10,000 during construction.
The brownfield site near Meadow Road, Sweet Street and Jack Lane, has recently been used as a car park.
Myles Hartley, managing director at Caddick Developments, said: “Our proposals for this site are incredibly exciting as we look to create a new community, significantly boosting housing provision within the expanding city centre.
“The development is designed to meet the highest environmental standards and our architects have worked to ensure that green, sustainable, open space plays a vital role in the overall plan for the area.
“We have worked with local partners and consulted with the community to create plans for a development everyone can be proud of.
“Leeds is our home city and we’re excited to be bringing forward proposals signalling a new chapter for this part of the South Bank.”
The plans have been put forward to Leeds City Council setting out the principle and outline plans for the development.
If successful, this will be followed up by a more detailed ‘reserved matters’ application, to agree specifics.
The development will comprise around ten feature buildings, interwoven with amenities and green open spaces.
