Approval confirmed for first phase of Yorkshire Post site development

The first phase of the regeneration of the former Yorkshire Post site in Leeds has taken a major step forward after reserved matters approval was confirmed by the council.A block of 242 build-to-rent apartment units which have been forward sold to Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord and build-to-rent specialist.The council’s planning committee resolved to grant planning consent for the brick and glazed block, stepping up from 11 storeys on the Riverside to 18 floors fronting Wellington Street.The scheme will incorporate a full basement parking level, as well as a ground floor commercial unit. The building also has resident lounge spaces at ground and 12th floor levels.The building, which will occupy a prime south-facing riverside plot, is the first phase of the scheme on the five-acre site, where outline planning consent exists for three further large blocks for office or residential use totalling 360,000 sq ft.