Turley in Leeds City Centre Expertise in Leeds

As a leading planning consultancy in Leeds, we have delivered some of the most high profile developments in recent years and continue to advise on significant city centre assets.

Through this work we have built excellent working relationships with Leeds City Council officers at both technical and senior levels, and other key stakeholders including Leeds Civic Trust. Our Leeds office has a range of skills and experience to fit diverse client briefs. Working as part of the wider Northern Planning Team, we are able to draw on the expertise of over 20 qualified town planners. We have advised on a number of projects ranging from local and regional interests, to national and international investments across a variety of sectors. Significant recent projects have included a number of mixed-use, residential-led and office city centre projects, a heat from waste distribution network and a number of education projects.

Leeds City Centre

Leeds is a growing and ambitious city at the heart of the city region. It is the UK’s largest city region outside London, with a total economic output of £66.5 billion and a population of 3 million.

The city is the regional capital and the main economic driver Leeds City Centre performs a key economic, strategic and for Yorkshire and the Humber. It has a diverse economy, with cultural role at the heart of the Metropolitan District and the the potential to grow in a number of key sectors, including city region. The adopted Development Plan makes it clear health and medical, financial and business services, low carbon that it is the focus for major employment and job growth, manufacturing, creative, cultural and digital, retail, housing a premier destination for retail development and a range and construction, and social enterprise and the third sector. of commercial activity, and the prestigious location for major cultural facilities. The city region has the largest concentration of financial, professional services and digital jobs in the UK outside of Key strengths of the city centre include its distinctive historic London. In recent years, it has also become an increasingly core, high quality public realm and the delivery of iconic important visitor destination for both business and leisure architecture and urban design solutions. The adopted tourism. Recent research has found that over 26 million Development Plans recognise that these factors combine visitors arrive in Leeds per annum, with tourism bringing to present the city centre as a major opportunity for £1.75 million to the local economy and supporting over longer-term growth and enhancement. 20,000 jobs. Leeds South Bank An opportunity area

Leeds South Bank is an ambitious project to double the size of Leeds City Centre. The South Bank is one of the largest city centre regeneration initiatives in Europe and is aimed at regenerating 253 hectares of previously industrial land into a distinctive global destination for living, learning, creativity and leisure.

It is envisaged that the South Bank will form a central The South Bank project also proposes to create a series and integrated part of the new city, with streets, public of well-connected neighbourhoods which complement spaces and buildings which invite people to live, work and play. each other, and support a number of defined employment South Bank benefits from connections to the city centre areas and ultimately the local economy. with links to employment, education, retail, leisure and services. The South Bank initiative proposes to enhance existing links and create new connections between South Bank and the city centre, which will include the promotion of strategic green networks. Key: Site 1 – Mabgate Key Turley Projects Site 2 – Leeds District Heating Network –– Site 2A – Saxton Gardens Energy Centre –– Site 2B – Cross Green Energy Centre Site 3 – X1 South Bank Site 4 – Majestic Site 5 – Central Square Site 6 – Northern Civic Quarter Site 7 – Yarn Street Site 8 – Leeds University Technical College Site 9 - The Ruth Gorse Academy Site 10 - Blenheim Court Site 11 - Round Foundry and Marshall’s Mill

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Northgate

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Central Square, Leeds

Exemplar scheme in the heart CLIENT of Leeds Roydhouse Developments and Marrico The site was a former Royal Mail building which Asset Management closed in 1998. Phase 1 of its redevelopment LPA was started in 2003, in the form of the refurbishment of the old tower into a Leeds City Council residential scheme now known as West Point. STATUS We provided planning advice and support throughout the project, supporting the Project completed and occupied consultant team, including the architects SERVICES (DLA), in delivering a planning permission. This building was the first “London spec” Planning graded office building in the city.

Leeds University Technical College

Engineering UTC completes CLIENT the education hub in Leeds BAM Construction Ltd We were asked to assist BAM Construction Ltd LPA on the first University Technical College (UTC) in Leeds. The scheme was promoted by its Leeds City Council sponsors as a new education offer specialising STATUS in engineering, completing the education hub in the city centre. The building is listed and we Planning permission granted provided an initial Heritage Assessment to identify the important features and attributes, SERVICES alongside the less sensitive features. Planning, Heritage and Townscape We provided the planning strategy for the scheme through to the determination of the planning and listed building applications, including co-ordinating consultation with the Leeds Civic Society and leading negotiations with Leeds City Council. The scheme was determined within the target determination date using delegated powers, and is now occupied. Majestic, Leeds

Transformation of the CLIENT landmark Majestic building Rushbond The redevelopment of the grade II listed LPA Majestic building will provide a mixed-use, primarily office-led, development with the Leeds City Council ground and lower ground floors assigned to STATUS leisure uses including restaurants and bars. We undertook detailed pre-application Planning permission granted discussions with Leeds City Council including SERVICES a pre-application presentation, which was received with enthusiasm by the panel members. Planning, Heritage and Townscape, Sustainability, Strategic Communications Due to the extensive engagement with the key parties, the consents were secured promptly, with both public and political support. The £40 million scheme is currently under construction, with a construction period of 18 months.

Ruth Gorse Academy, Leeds

Education at the heart CLIENT Image courtesy of Ryder Architects of the city of Leeds BAM Construction Ltd Turley joined the BAM Construction Ltd team LPA to provide them with planning advice at ITT stage. We were then retained to secure the Leeds City Council granting of planning permission. We provided STATUS a review of the initial design options, prepared and managed the planning application through Planning permission granted to determination, as well as assisting with SERVICES community engagement. The application was determined speedily enabling BAM to progress Planning in line with their build programme. The site opened in September 2016. Image courtesy of X1 and DK-Architects X1 South Bank, Leeds

Regeneration of a prominent CLIENT brownfield site X1 The site was the former Evans Halshaw garage LPA at 123-125 Hunslet Road Leeds. It is located within the south-east of Leeds City Centre Leeds City Council boundary and to the south-west of Leeds Dock. The construction of up to 928 apartments STATUS with ground floor commercial units set over Planning permission granted five buildings of between 6-20 storeys and the provision of car parking and high quality public SERVICES realm. We provided planning advice and support Planning, Strategic Communications, throughout the project, along with significant input on Strategic Communications, Design, Design, Heritage and Townscape, Sustainability Heritage & Townscape and Sustainability.

Hope Foundry

Delivering transformational CLIENT regeneration within the Future Generation Mabgate Development LPA Framework area Leeds City Council The site is located within a regeneration priority area to the north-east of Leeds City Centre, STATUS within the Mabgate Development Framework Planning permission granted boundary. The scheme will provide 1,200 student beds with ground floor commercial SERVICES units set over six buildings of between 2-10 Planning, Strategic Communications storeys, and include the provision of high quality public realm and car parking. We provided planning advice and support throughout the project, along with significant input regarding Strategic Communications. Planning permission was granted speedily enabling Future

Generation to meet their project programme.

Northern Civic Quarter

Transforming the Northern CLIENT Civic Quarter into a vibrant Idé Real Estate city centre destination LPA We gained full planning permission and listed Leeds City Council building consent for the redevelopment of the site of the former Leeds City Council offices, STATUS which comprises three grade II listed buildings. Approved subject to a Section 106 Agreement The project will involve the regeneration of SERVICES the listed buildings as well as the construction of a new build element. Planning, Heritage and Townscape, Strategic Communications, Together the buildings will transform the Sustainability, Economics Northern Civic Quarter site into a new business and lifestyle destination with high-quality public realm supporting a range of ‘best in class’ hotels, flexible office space, bars and restaurants. Round Foundry and Marshall’s Mill

Comprehensive landscape CLIENT improvement and site Confidential unification scheme LPA The proposal seeks to comprehensively Leeds City Council redesign the public realm for the Marshall’s Mill and Round Foundry Site. The intention of the STATUS public realm works is to improve the connection between the two sites and achieve a feeling of Application submitted a single high quality unified development, aid SERVICES wayfinding, and give the development a strong recognisable identity. This will be achieved Planning, Heritage and Townscape through a series of public realm improvement interventions. We are providing planning advice and support throughout the project, alongside

heritage and townscape input.

Yarn Street Hunslet (H2010)

Riverside brownfield housing CLIENT development leads area-wide Miller Homes (Yorkshire) Ltd regeneration LPA We obtained outline planning permission Leeds City Council for residential development on this derelict former industrial site for Isis Waterside. STATUS We were retained by the purchaser, Miller Planning permission granted Homes, to advise on planning and urban design. The proposal comprised a mixture of housing, SERVICES with a focus on 280 units for family housing and apartments fronting the river, along with four Planning, Design shop or cafe units and a riverside pavilion. We provided the co-ordinating role for pre-application design discussions and agreement was reached through a meticulous urban design process. We submitted the resulting planning application and prepared a detailed Design and Access Statement. Planning permission was granted in November 2008, and in November 2012 the development won “What House?” magazine’s gold medal as the best brownfield regeneration project in the UK. Leeds District Heating Network

Delivering low carbon heat CLIENT to Leeds City Centre Vital Energi We gained full planning permission for LPA the construction of two energy centres at Saxton Gardens and Cross Green, as well as Leeds City Council consents which allowed commencement STATUS of the development of the District Heating Network pipeline across 31 zones. Together, Under construction. these components will connect the Recycling To go online April/ May 2019 and Energy Recovery Facility and provide low carbon heat to residents and business across SERVICES the city centre. Planning, Strategic Communications Blenheim Court (Blenheim Point)

Purpose built student CLIENT accommodation in the S Harisson Developments Ltd education quarter on behalf of University of Leeds We secured full planning permission for this LPA student accommodation development. Leeds City Council The scheme makes efficient use of a brownfield site, close to two of Leeds’ universities STATUS and at the heart of the education quarter. We undertook extensive pre-application Planning permission granted discussions with the council to ensure that the SERVICES submitted scheme respected the urban and linear context of one of the main routes into Planning the city centre from north Leeds, and the more sensitive context of low terraced housing, a conservation area and listed buildings to the rear of the site. The site sits in a key location with considerable visual sensitivity, as well as sitting in the zone of sensitivity for wide ranging views of the iconic “Parkinson Building” and several prominent church spires. The scheme achieved a successful balance between maximising the need to provide more purpose built student accommodation and a sensitive visual context. The site opened for postgraduate students in September 2018. Key Contacts

Matthew Sheppard Stephen Bell Director Senior Director, [email protected] Head of Planning North [email protected]

Sarah Cox Dale Greetham Associate Director Senior Planner [email protected] [email protected]

Katie Purdam Assistant Planner [email protected] Neil Woodhouse Claire Easton Director, Design Senior Consultant, Heritage [email protected] [email protected]

Michael Browne Karina Withers Senior Consultant, EIA Urban Designer [email protected] [email protected]

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