Land Solve Partner Case Study

PROPOSALS

Family Trust and run as industrial units since the 1950’s Located between Leeds United’s Elland Road football ground and theM621 motorway

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New employment and leisure park designed in accordancewith Masterplan :

Dialogue with stakeholders Technical reportsground,flood,highways etc Innovative groundworks proposal tominimise contamination costs Study of the ground capacity

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Arranged demolition at a cost of 60ksaving the Trust 190k100k per year business rates

Short term letting asOpen storageMatch day parkingFairgroundFairground Planning application for roadsideadvertisement hoardings

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Land vacated by LUFC leaving The Trustwith 100k a year business rates Loss of lucrative developmentpotentials Quoted 250k to demolish the buildingson site Threat to CPO land at zero value due toThreat to CPO land at zero value due to contamination to enable stadiumexpansion for 2018 World Cup bid

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Employed to help the Trust to create a strategy and to create the best value for the site

Short term expenditure savings

Medium term income from shortterm lettings

Long term - planning application for redevelopment to maximise land value

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CASINO ARENA BIDS LOST

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Grand proposals for the area includingSuper Casino ArenaLUFC new stadiumBuilding leased to LUFC with good incomeLucrative developer option fees Promise of huge land value on future sales

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2009RESOLUTION

Leeds City Council and the Castle Family Trust agreed a 7 acre swap deal for the site in new enterprise zone

of Leeds

Demonstrating to Leeds City Council that the redevelopment proposals were a viable scheme that worked inlinewith the adopted Masterplan

PLANNING APPLICATIONSUBMITTED

By bringing Edward Architecture on board in October 2008 and investing 65k in fees for applications and reports the client saved

To do this Land Solve partners have demonstratedan understanding of the clients aspirations an understanding of site constraints and stakeholders an understanding of sites future potential and value advice on best strategy for planning and return de-risk the sites technicalities ground,ecology flood highways etc

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190k on demolition costs200k on business ratesAnd achieved an improved land value of1.2M by November 2009 based on commercial rates at 175k Acre £ £

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Just one example of how Land Solve partners has added value to a scheme imagine what could be achieved with several partners on your scheme

SITE

BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED