Plans for where tens of thousands of homes should be built in Leeds to go before public

By The Newsroom
Published 15th Jan 2019, 08:30 BST
Updated 15th Jan 2019, 09:34 BST
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Leeds City Council has no time to lose when it comes to agreeing on its future planning rules, a meeting has heard.

Senior councillors agreed to put updated plans for the authority’s site allocations plan (SAP) to public consultation, following a review last summer into where new tens of thousands of new homes should be built in the coming years.

But, despite the changes meaning 35 greenfield sites will now be safe from development until 2023, councillors warned that longer-term core strategy plans could see the same sites at risk of development in the future.

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Coun Andrew Carter, head of the Leeds Conservatives Group, told a meeting of the council’s Executive Board today (Monday) : “We will have a site allocation plan the council can work on and speculative builders will know this is the plan.

New houses galore - but where will they be?New houses galore - but where will they be?
New houses galore - but where will they be?

“If they want to build, they should go to the allocated sites and not waste everyone’s time trying to build on land that is protected.

“But until that revised core strategy is in place, and hopefully with a significant lesser number will we be sure that these green belt sites will be saved.

“Speed is of the essence moving to the next stage.