Residential Development Opportunity

Richmond Hill, Leeds, LS9 8BP

On the instruction of Fraser Real Estate acting as Fixed Charge Receivers

Residential development opportunity on the edge of Leeds City Centre with detailed planning consent Development Considerations

• Detailed Planning Permission for a development comprising of 300 residential • Offers invited in excess of £3,000,000 dwellings, retail unit and health care centre • Unconditional offers only • Located in a prime location close to Leeds City Centre • On the instruction of Fraser Real Estate acting as Fixed Charge Receivers • The site extends to 0.53 ha (1.3 acres) gross Site Location

The site is located within Leeds, West Yorkshire. Leeds lies within the fourth most populous urban area in the UK with a population of 2.6 million. The city is well connected via the A1 and M62 motorways as well as Leeds Train Station, listed as one of the busiest train stations within the UK. Regular trains run to London Kings Cross within 2 hours 15 minutes. Leeds Bradford International Airport also connects the city internationally.

The city’s economy has seen the fastest rate of private sector growth of any UK city and is the largest financial centre outside of London. Leeds has seen significant investment in its retail sector over the past 6 years; with the opening of both Trinity Leeds and Victoria Gate, which has increased the city’s retail capacity and made it a much more attractive area for investors and developers.

The site is situated approximately 0.5 miles west of the city centre at the junction of Marsh Lane and East Street. The site is served by a bus stop just beyond the north eastern boundary which provides a direct service to Leeds City Bus Station in 4 minutes. Leeds Train Station is located less than 1 mile away and the new Victoria Gate Shopping Centre, which is home to high end retailers, including John Lewis, as well as a number of the city’s best restaurants is 0.4 miles away.

The surrounding uses have traditionally been light industrial and high rise residential accommodation. Evidence of this is to the immediate northern boundary, where single and two storey industrial units support a range of businesses and to the east where Saxton Gardens residential blocks, ranging from 5 to 7 storeys, are located. One of the Saxton Gardens blocks was purchased and refurbished by Urban Splash.

In terms of other uses in the area there is an eleven-storey student accommodation scheme fronting onto Marsh Lane. Across Marsh Lane to the west is the Gateway mixed use (predominantly residential) development. Directly to the south of the site across Richmond Street, the former Leeds College of Technology and Victorian mill buildings to the rear (previously in light industrial now residential).

Site Description

The site is located in an urban area, on the edge of Leeds city centre. It is roughly square in shape with an area of 0.53 ha (1.3 acres). The site is currently vacant and is brownfield land.

Its previous use was for housing, dating back to the 1850’s, which was demolished in the early 1950’s. In the 1960’s a clothing factory was built adjacent to the site but encroached very slightly on to its south western border. Apart from the small encroachment the site remained vacant until the 1970’s where it became a park with a pond.

Generally, the site is flat with a slight gradient from the highest point located in the north-western corner to the west. Along the western and south-western site boundary the ground drops sharply, due to a landscaped bank.

The site is situated within Flood Zone 1, denoting a low probability of flooding.

There are no designated heritage assets within the site. However, the site is adjacent to the Eastern Riverside Conservation Area and lies approximately 200m to the east of the Leeds City Centre Conservation Area. The Grade II Listed East Street Mills building is situated adjacent to the south on the opposite side of Richmond Street. Planning

A search of the City Council’s online planning register has been carried out for the site, which revealed the following relevant planning applications:

20/408/04/FU - Part 5 and 9 storey block of 195 flats with ground floor retail unit and basement car parking Approved 11 November 2005

09/05544/FU Variations of conditions 27 and 30 of application no. 20/408/04/FU (Site remediation work required to deal with contamination and provision of remediation statement) Approved 12 February 2010

15/01087/CLE Certificate of existing lawful development to confirm that planning permission 09/05544/FU has been lawfully implemented Approved 20 April 2015

The site was granted planning permission from Leeds City Council on 3 April 2018, planning application number 17/06296/FU. The permission granted is for a mixed use development comprising of 300 residential dwellings, retail unit, health care centre.

The development in two separate blocks incorporates a mix of studio (3%), 1-bedroom (50%), 2-bedroom (43%) and 3-bedroom (3%) apartments that responds to local needs and aspirations and which are designed to meet National Space Standards. Affordable housing is also provided onsite at 5% (15 units) which will be ‘tenure-blind’.

Alongside residential dwellings, the development proposes a 200 sqm retail unit (Use Class A1) and a 440 sqm health centre (Use Class D1) at ground floor level on the corner of Marsh Lane and Richmond Street.

The planning permission, schedule of accommodation and house type plans can be found by visiting the dedicated website. Further Information Method of Sale Land Off Flax Place, Please refer to https://datarooms.allsop.co.uk/register/flaxplace to The subject site is for sale by way of Private Treaty; however we view/download all available documents, which include: reserve the right to conclude the marketing by an Informal Tender Richmond Hill, process. Leeds LS9 8BP • Planning Permission • Proposed plans • Accommodation schedule Contacts • Technical pack – including Phase I Contaminated Land Desk For further information or to arrange an inspection, please contact: Study James Mohammed James Wilson If you have already signed up to a previous Allsop dedicated 0113 243 7955 0113 236 6679 website, please use the following access code to gain access to [email protected] [email protected] Guide Price the website: flaxplace. Brad Harris We are inviting unconditional The planning permission can be viewed by visiting the Leeds City 0113 236 6684 offers in excess of £3,000,000 Council Public Access website and searching by the planning [email protected] application number 17/06296/FU.

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