PLANS to build more than 150 houses on the former site of a college campus have been approved by Leeds City Council planning chiefs. Proposals to build 152 homes on the former Horsforth Campus off Leeds City College in Calverley Lane went before members of the council’s City Plans Panel for the third time. Plans for the site had been brought forward by the college along with Galliford Try Partners and Stonewater, and are made up of 100 per cent affordable housing. Blueprints had been kicked back and forth between developers and Leeds city councillors for months, with many elected members continuing to have concerns around the designs.
Early plans to convert Leeds Debenhams into student flats get approval from planning chiefs yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
EARLY plans to convert Debenhams on Briggate in Leeds city centre into student flats have been described as “positive and creative” by Leeds City Council planning chiefs at a meeting this week. A pre-application paper went before members of Leeds City Council’s City Plans Panel outlining proposals to convert the former Debenhams building on Briggate into “flexible commercial uses” – while adding two extra floors for student flats. According to a document produced by Leeds City Council planning officers, the basement, ground and first floors would remain for commercial use, while student accommodation would be added on the second and third floors.