Cole Waterhouse and Tonia Investments have secured amended planning consent for the £188m residential-led Leeds Urban Village development.
The joint venture partners acquired the 3.8-acre site, which sits to the east of Leeds city centre, in May 2022 with full detailed planning permission for 1,012 apartments across five towers with commercial space on the ground floor.
Following the acquisition, the partners appointed DLG Architects and landscape specialists Exterior Architects to review the scheme’s design with a focus on enhanced placemaking and a significant review of its wind mitigation features.
A section 73 minor material amendment application was submitted in December 2023 featuring a number of wind mitigation improvements, which has now been approved by Leeds City Council.
The 1,012 apartments will be delivered across five towers ranging from 13 to 23 storeys and will include 478 BTR apartments.
George Smith, planning manager at Cole Waterhouse, said: “These design enhancements will ensure that Leeds Urban Village is a desirable new urban neighbourhood and a cultural destination in itself, designed to meet and exceed people’s expectations now and in the future.
“Located in the heart of Leeds city centre with both the West Yorkshire Playhouse and Great Northern Ballet nearby, we have looked at how we best build on the surrounding cultural offer to deliver a vibrant and meaningful placemaking strategy to strengthen further our engagement with the cultural and creative community in Leeds as our vision for the site develops.
“We have been working with Colliers to secure development funding and also working on the appointment of a main contractor. We are aiming to start on site in Q2 2024 to deliver the first phases of much needed built-to-rent homes for the city of Leeds.”
