This is where 552 new homes in Guiseley, Rawdon and Yeadon should be built
Following a year of disagreements, which culminated in an inquiry into the plans, Leeds City Council this month finally rubber-stamped the document.
The SAP is split into 10 “housing characteristic areas”, each with their own proposed sites earmarked for housing and employment development.
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Hide AdThis article will focus on plans for Aireborough – a semi-rural area of north west Leeds comprising Guiseley, Yeadon and Rawdon.
The document also lists green spaces which should be protected from development.
It is expected that developers will use the SAP as a guide on what they can build in Leeds and whereabouts, while the council claims it will give the city extra protection from “bad developments”.
Sites allocated in the new SAP:
New Birks Farm, Ings Grove, Guiseley (10.84 hectares) – 160 units
Wills Gill, Guiseley (5.06 hectares) – 133 units
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Hide AdHollins Hill and Hawkstone Avenue, Guiseley (3.04 hectares) – 80 units
Land at Silverdale Avenue, Guiseley (1.98 hectares) – 32 units
Former Brookfield Nursing Home, Swaine Hill Terrace, Yeadon (0.42 hectares) – seven units
Kirkland House, Queensway, Yeadon (0.47 hectares) – 17 units
Land at Victoria Avenue (3.9 hectares) – 102 units
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Hide AdLand off Larkfield Drive, Rawdon (0.45 hectares) – six units
The Old Mill, Miry Lane, Yeadon (0.43 hectares) – 15 units
This leaves a total of nine new proposed sites with 552 homes.
Of these, the sites at Wills Gill, Silverdale Avenue, Swaine Hill Terrace, Larkfield Drive and Miry Lane were all considered suitable for older people’s housing.
The SAP also considered a 0.11-hectare site off Town Street, Yeadon to be suitable for travelling showpeople.
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Hide AdThe plan also came up with a site for potential employment in the area – 36.23 hectares of land at Carlton Moor / Leeds Bradford Airport.
A total of 83 sites were designated as green space in the area.