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Council housing to be built on former East Leeds pub

Source: https://www.insidermedia.com

Work is due to begin transforming the site of an east Leeds pub into council housing this week.Leeds City Council has signed a contract with Kier Construction to turn the site of the former Whinmoor pub on Stanks Lane South in Swarcliffe into 22 new two-bedroom semi-detached houses.Work is set to start on site on Friday 26 May and is due to be completed in August 2018.The development is part of Leeds City Council’s housing growth programme to build about 1,000 new council houses in the coming years, and is one of three connected schemes being managed by the council working with development partner Kier Construction.The Whinmoor pub closed several years ago, and was demolished in 2014, with the council recommending the brownfield site for potential redevelopment for new affordable council housing.