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Planners at Leeds City Council are to consider two new applications to develop an area just west of Leeds Railway Station, which would include two skyscraper apartment blocks.
A mixed-use scheme known as Whtehall Riverside has been proposed by developer Town Centre Securities (TCS), with this including two new office buildings providing 215,000 sq ft of prime office space, a multi-storey car park and a 108-bed aparthotel.
This development has been drawn up in partnership with fellow developer Glenbrook, which wants to build two apartment blocks of 18 and 15 storeys respectively, offering 532 new apartments.
Development director at TCS Craig Burrow commented: “We are excited to be bringing the new Whitehall Riverside masterplan forward and are confident that the proposed mixed use approach will unlock the full potential of this incredible site.”
If this particular scheme gets the green light, it will add to development work already taken in the vicinity by TCS, which includes the No.1 Whitehall Riverside offices, Whitehall Riverside apartments and a Premier Inn.
The other proposal for the vicinity is for two skyscrapers of 26 and 31 storeys high respectively, to be built just off Whitehall Road by Doncaster Bridge. These will collectively provide 488 flats if the scheme goes ahead, the Yorkshire Evening Post reports. Planning officers have recommended that the scheme does go ahead.
Scaffolders in Leeds may end up with plenty of work to do if these projects are approved, as well as other major projects that may take place in the area, which spans the River Aire.
Last week, Developers Westrock and Platform made a planning application for an even larger residential scheme, involving 1,235 apartments on Sweet Street in the Holbeck area on the ‘South Bank’ of the Aire.
Occupying six out of ten of the planned buildings in the development – others will include shops, a clubhouse and offices – the residential buildings would be between ten and 27 storeys in height. This could include one refurbished building, involving a closed pub – The Commercial – being brought back into use.
The South Bank has been seen as a major redevelopment area for the city, transforming a former industrial district that has seen better days by making it a major new residential and business hub close to the city centre. This scheme could emulate similar inner city redevelopments elsewhere, such as Nine Elms in London, New Islington in Manchester and Middlewood Locks in Salford.
All these proposals offer positive signs for the construction industry in Leeds, despite the apparent blow to the city’s economic prospects of the cancellation of the HS2 link.
In fact, there is expert opinion to suggest that city centre apartment living in Leeds is actually set for a major surge over the coming years.
In a recent interview with the Yorkshire Evening Post, property expert Jonathan Morgan of Linley and Simpson with Morgans forecasted a “real boom” in city centre living in the post-lockdown years.
He observed that after the restrictions lifted, the Leeds rental market “has taken off like never before”.
