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Site Allocations Plan

Background

The following information is to provide detail as to the proposed location of 66,000 new homes to beprovided in the Leeds district up to 2028, in line with the new Core Strategy for the city.

The proposed allocations include existing Leeds Unitary Development Plan allocations and sites withcurrent planning permission for housing in addition to a range of new sites. The distribution of housingseeks to use the most sustainable sites, link new homes to where jobs are, make best use ofinfrastructure and where possible avoid the need to release land in the green belt.

The proposed homes are distributed as follows across 11 housing market characteristic areas (HMCA)in Leeds. Note that percentages are rounded to the nearest 1 and may not add to 100%

HMCA Homes %

Aireborough 2,364 4%

City centre 11,303 17%

East Leeds 10,034 15%

Inner Area 11,500 17%

North Leeds 5,960 9%

Outer North East 4,943 7%

Outer North West 1,800 3%

Outer South 2,465 4%

Outer South East 4,045 6%

Outer South West 6,875 10%

Outer West 4,723 7%

TOTAL 66,012

Geographical areas within each HMCA are as follows:

HMCA Settlements

Aireborough GuiseleyRawdonYeadon

City centre City centre

East Leeds Cross Gates and WhinmoorSwarcliffeCross GreenColton

Inner Area Gipton and HarehillsArmleyBeeston HillBelle IsleHyde Park and WoodhouseHunsletSeacroft

North Leeds HeadingleyHorsforthCookridge

Site Allocations PlanHousing proposals January 2015

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KirkstallAdel

AlwoodleyRoundhayChapel Allerton

Outer North East ScarcroftWetherbyHarewoodThornerBarwick in ElmetBoston SpaBardseyCollinghamBramham

Outer North West Bramhope

Pool-in-WharefdaleOtley

Outer South RothwellOultonMickletown

Outer South East KippaxGarforth

Allertion Bywater

Outer South West MorleyMiddletonBeestonDrighlington

Outer West PudseyFarsleyCalverleyRodleyBramley


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Allocations by proportion of proposed new homes per HMCA:

Land types:

A focus of the proposals is on reusing brownfield land to help regenerate the main urban area of Leedsand avoid loss of greenfield and green belt sites. The different land types are described as follows:

BrownfieldSites previously used for development or housing, or properties which are currentlyempty which could be reused or regenerated

GreenfieldPreviously undeveloped land which has been identified for future potential use

Green belt- An area of open land around a city on which building is restricted to prevent urban sprawl

Aireborough -

4%

City centre - 17%

East Leeds - 15%

Inner Area - 17%North Leeds - 9%

Outer North East

- 7%

Outer North

West - 3%

Outer South -4%

Outer South East

- 6%

Outer South

West - 10%

Outer West - 7%


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Proposed new housing by land type (including anticipated windfall and return ofempty homes):

Distribution by area:

Different housing market areas have different characteristics and opportunities. The distribution ofproposed housing is set out as follows:

Housing Market

AreaSites Homes Brownfield% Greenfield% Green belt% Mixed%

Aireborough 32 2,364 21% 7% 66% 6%

City centre 100 11,303 98% 2% 0% 0%

East Leeds 33 10,034 53% 38% 9% 0%

Inner Area 138 11,500 86% 11% 0% 3%

North Leeds 95 5,960 57% 8% 31% 3%

Outer North East 41 4,943 19% 16% 65%1 0%

Outer North West 21 1,800 31% 60% 8% 1%

Outer South 41 2,465 14% 19% 67% 0%

Outer South East 30 4,045 14% 22% 64% 0%

Outer South West 117 6,875 19% 39% 39% 3%Outer West 115 4,723 52% 18% 28% 2%

763 66,012

The majority of allocations (40,756 homes) are focused on infill in the main urban area, with a further5,289 homes proposed as extensions to the main urban area.

Outside of these main areas, the Leeds districtssix major settlements (Garforth, Guiseley, Yeadon &Rawdon, Morley, Otley, Rothwell and Wetherby) account for a further 10,300 homes with 3,553 homeson infill sites and 6,747 homes as extensions distributed as follows:

1Of which 98% is due to Hedley Hall.

Brownfield -

62%

Greenfield -

16%

Green belt -

20%

Mixed (BF/GF)

- 2%


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New housing proposals for the citys major settlements:

New homes

Settlement Infill Extension

Garforth 198 2,314

Guiseley, Yeadon &Rawdon

754 1,213

Morley 918 1,182

Otley 1,248 0

Rothwell 264 1,517

Wetherby 171 490

3,553 6,716

The districts 19 smaller settlements would accommodate 5,808 homes with 3,310 homes asextensions to smaller settlements, including East Ardsley and Drighlington, Bramhope, Mickeltown,Kippax, Allerton Bywater and Robin Hood.

Infrastructure

Under the proposals key strategic housing developments would be linked to early implementation ofassociated infrastructure such as the East Leeds Orbital Link Road and other transport improvements,new school places, cycle ways and key community facilities such as health services.

Leeds City Council has worked with infrastructure and service providers such as schools, healthservices and transport planners to ensure new housing growth would be manageable and sustainable.

Phasing of land release

The Plan covers the next 14 years and land will be released in phases. The intention of this process isfor agreed sites to come early in the process and more controversial sites released in the later planperiod.

Green belt

The total amount of green belt proposed to accommodate new homes is 775 hectares. However, thecouncil is proposing to allocate a large area (1,400 hectares) currently designated as rural land in thenorth east of the district as green belt. The consequence of this would be an overall net gain in theextent of districtwide green belt once the deletions which the council seeks to propose as housing siteshave been deducted from the overall amount.

Next steps:

The proposals will be discussed by Leeds City Councils development plan panel on Tuesday 13January 2015 and the executive board on February 11th. The Site Allocations Plan will then be draftedand is scheduled to go out to public consultation later in the year.


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