Last month, the Leeds City One scheme, which includes plans for 1,925 flats, a 450-room hotel and office space, unanimously passed its first stage of approval.
Plans to rebuild Wetherby High School and open a new Premier Inn hotel next to Kirkgate Market are also set to move forward.
Meanwhile, a £100m three-storey extension to the existing Leeds Bradford Airport terminal, alongside a significant refurbishment of the current terminal building is expected to get underway later this year.
The £26.5m White Rose Rail Station, which has been hit by repeated delays and a current construction pause, is also expected to open later in 2024.
Take a look below at 15 of the major projects and developments that are set to completely transform Leeds...
7. New White Rose Rail Station
Construction work on the new £26m White Rose station, providing improved access to the adjacent White Rose office park, shopping centre and bus interchange, have currently been paused due to cost concerns. | Tony Johnson Photo: Tony Johnson
8. Leeds station redesign
Not due to be fully completed until 2025, the £46.1 million Leeds station redesign work, which aims to significantly improve the station’s main entrance and surrounding area, is underway. | Leeds City Council Photo: Leeds City Council
9. New Morley rail station
The new platform at Morley station opened in summer 2023, allowing for longer trains to service the station and finishing touches are now being made to the new footbridge and lifts. | National World Photo: National World
10. EV charging points
A £15.6m funding package has been made available to the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to aid local authorities, homeowners and renters in the installation of more EV charging points. | Jonathan Gawthorpe Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe
11. Leeds Kirkgate Market hotel
In November, plans to build a 143-bed Plans Premier Inn hotel alongside Leeds' Kirkgate Market were unanimously approved by city councillors. A row of vacant shops will be demolished to make way for the development. | Leeds City Council Photo: Leeds City Council
12. Wetherby High School rebuild
Plans to rebuild Wetherby High School were first confirmed in 2021 but following lengthy discussions with the Government's Department for Education finally look set to move forward. | Tony Johnson Photo: Tony Johnson