Kirkstall: Proposed New Apartments Project – Drop-In Sessions

The Housing Department has a proposal to build on the corner of Queenswood Drive and Spen Lane (the site where the old Beckett Park Community Centre used to be.) This would be a mixture of one- and two-bedroom apartments, statistically the size of home that the Kirkstall area needs most.  As Councillors we’re all very much in favour of this project going ahead, and we hope that planning permission will be obtained. It will provide much needed housing for our area and will make good use of a previously developed ‘brownfield’ site.  The Council Housing Growth Team, who are managing the project, are keen to gather views from people who live nearby before putting in a formal application for planning permission. An online questionnaire, together with further information on the project, is available on the Commonplace platform [https://councilhousinggrowth.commonplace.is/](https://councilhousinggrowth.commonplace.is/) If you’d like to meet members of the project team to look at the plans with them, or to ask questions about any aspect of the work, two ‘drop-in’ events are being held at Kirkstall Educational Cricket Club – on Wednesday 02 April 4pm to 6.30pm and Friday 04 April 11am to 1pm. I’ll be at the Wednesday session, and Hannah will be at the Friday one.

Kirkstall Councillors – Fiona Venner, Hannah Bithell and Andy Rontree.