By John Baron
Views are being sought on a planning blueprint which could see thousands of new homes built on potential sites across West Leeds.
The Leeds Local Plan is a legal framework that will set out the council’s vision and strategy for sustainable growth up to 2042.
The plan guides how land is used and developed and influences planning decisions to ensure any developments meet the needs of the community and the environment.
A range of potential sites included in the consultation were put forward by developers, landowners, residents and others. They are not suggestions or endorsements from the council.
They were put forward in a ‘call for sites’ that the council must then evaluate to see whether they are suitable for development.
Proposals in West Leeds include potential housing off Gamble Lane in Farnley, Troydale Lane in Pudsey, Broad Lane, Bramley and a major development on land off West End Lane, Horsforth.
The consultation is open for 10 weeks from July 7, and is asking for opinions on:
- Where new development should take place across the entire district
- The vision and aims of the new Local Plan
- The key issues that it needs to address and the options, including homes, schools, workplaces, green spaces, waste management, carbon reduction and infrastructure.
The sites are colour coded on maps. Sites suggested for housing, industrial or commercial uses are coloured based on their score; green (lots of positives), yellow (a few negatives), orange (a lot of negatives) or red (some serious concerns). Sites suggested for minerals, waste, renewable or energy uses are coloured purple
Armley/New Wortley
- Estimated 47 houses Land North of Middle Cross Street and West of Simpson Grove, Armley
- Industrial use or estimated 49 houses, Land West of Armley Leisure Centre, Carr Crofts, (Formerly Pennine Industrial Estate) Armley.
- Industrial use or estimated 110 houses at Wellington Road Industrial Estate, Armley
- Estimated 16 houses at New Wortley Labour Club, Oak Road, New Wortley
- Estimated 25 houses or industrial at land east of Driver Street, New Wortley
Bramley
- Industrial use or estimated 52 houses Land to the east of the Abbey pub, Newlay, Bramley.
- Estimated 72 houses at Westfield Mills site, Broad Lane, Bramley.
- Estimated 48 properties at Broadlea Road, Bramley
Burley
- Energy storage at Redcote Lane, Burley.
- Estimated housing capacity 65 houses, Aire Place Mills, Kirkstall Road, Burley.
- Industrial at former LCC depot, off Viaduct Road.
Calverley
- Estimated housing capacity 56, on land to the south of Leeds Liverpool Canal, west of Calverley Cutting and west of Harewood Drive, Calverley.
- Estimated draft housing capacity: 12, at 3 Crowther Avenue, Calverley.
- Estimated draft housing capacity: 26, land to the south of Upper Carr Lane, east of Reservoir Court, Calverley.
- Estimated draft housing capacity: 293, land to the south of Foxholes Crescent and east of Woodhall Road, Calverley.
- Estimated draft housing capacity: 171, land to the north of Carr Road, south of Clara Drive and west of Calverley Cutting, Calverley.
- TBC, Palmer Plants, Calverley Lane.
- Estimated housing capacity 363, Crossfield Farm, Woodhall Road, Calverley, Pudsey.
Farnley
- Estimated 408 properties at Lawns Lane, New Farnley.
- Estimated 354 properties on land to the north and south of Gamble Lane, Farnley.
- Estimated 53 houses, land at Gildersome Lane.
- Estimated housing capacity 298, land west of Ochre House Farm, Wood Lane, East of Harper Farm/Harper Farm Cottages, Whitehall Road, New Farnley.
Farsley
- Estimated draft housing capacity 56, on land North East of Red Beck Nurseries, Ring Road Farsley.
- Estimated housing capacity: 527, land to the east of the A6120, west of Bagley Lane and north of Kirklees Drive, Farsley.
Horsforth
- Estimated 169 houses off Butcher Hill, Horsforth Woodside, Horsforth.
- Estimated housing capacity 880, land adjacent to West End Lane and Layton Lane, Horsforth.
- Estimated housing capacity 54, Land to the north of Wood Lane, Horsforth.
- TBC, Low Lane/Ring Road, Horsforth.
- Estimated 22 houses, land to the rear of Oakford Terrace, Low Lane, Horsforth.
- Estimated 44 houses, Leeds Trinity University, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth.
- Estimated 65 houses, Former Sewage Works, Rein Road, Horsforth.
Kirkstall
- Up to 19 houses at Abbey Mills, Kirkstall.
- Up to 61 houses at Allotment Gardens, Queenswood Drive, Kirkstall/Headingley
Pudsey
- Estimated 273 properties, Owlcotes Farm, Owlcotes Road, Pudsey.
- Estimated 97 properties, Daleside Road, Thornbury
- Estimated 15 properties, land east of Pudsey Civic Hall.
- Estimated housing capacity 17, land North of 235 to 253, Dawsons Corner, Pudsey.
- Estimated 174 houses, Land Adjacent to Sunnybank Lane/Woodhall Lane/Gain Lane, Thornbury.
- Estimated draft housing capacity: 607 on land south of Hough Side Road, Pudsey.
- Estimated draft housing capacity: 15, off Alder Drive, Pudsey.
- Estimated draft housing capacity: 275, Land on the North East side of Troydale Lane, Troydale, Pudsey.
- Estimated draft housing capacity: 139, Land at Troydale Farm, Acres Hall Avenue, Pudsey.
- Estimated housing capacity 33, land off Sycamore Chase/Greenwood Row and East of Longfield Court, Pudsey
- Estimated housing capacity 197, east of Dick Lane and Rowan Avenue, Thornbury.
- Estimated housing capacity 32, land at 41A and 47 Hough Side Road, Pudsey.
- Commercial or estimated 143 houses, ASDA Pudsey Supercentre, Owlcotes shopping centre, Pudsey.
- Estimated 12 homes to rear of Well Pharmacy Car Park, 190 Swinnow Road, Pudsey.
- Estimated housing capacity 68, land and buildings at at Turkey Hill Farm, Kent Road, Pudsey.
- Estimated draft housing capacity 40, land west of Bradley Lane, and South of The Oatland, Pudsey.
Rodley
- Estimated 50 properties at Rossett Business Park/ Ross Mills, Rodley Lane, Rodley.
Stanningley
- Estimated 56 houses or commercial at Former Waste Disposal Site, land off Town Street, Stanningley.
- Estimated 89 properties, land West of Highfield Road, Stanningley.
- Industrial and Estimated draft housing capacity: 104, Stanningley Station, East of Richardshaw Lane, Stanningley, Pudsey.
- Estimated housing capacity: 12, Land Opposite 209 to 229 Bradford Road, Stanningley.
Tyersal
- Estimated draft housing capacity: 64, Land south of Tyersal Drive and west of the Co-op Academy Beckfield School, Tyersal.
- Estimated housing capacity 47, land south of Tyersal Lane and North of Harper Gate Farm, Tyersal.
- Estimated housing capacity 34, land west off Tyersal Residents Association Social Club, Tyersal Road, Pudsey.
All the inner west sites can also be viewed here.
All the outer west sites can also be viewed here.
Deputy Leader and executive member for economy, transport and sustainable development, Councillor Jonathan Pryor, said: “As one of the fastest growing cities in Europe, we must ensure that the right developments and services happen in the right places, whilst also giving everyone across the entire Leeds district a voice in planning our city’s future.
“Your feedback is vital to making Leeds the best city possible and I encourage everyone to get involved.”
Have your say
The Leeds Local Plan on-line portal can be found by visiting the website.
In person events are being held in Armley, Bramley and Pudsey. Details for events across Leeds are:
- Pudsey Civic Hall, Ballroom: Thursday, 10 July – 3pm-7pm
- Morley Library/Hub: Tuesday, 15 July – 11am–3pm
- Otley Courthouse: Thursday, 17 July – 3pm-7pm
- Blackburn Hall, Rothwell: Monday, 21 July – 3pm-7pm
- Wetherby Town Hall: Thursday, 24 July – 3pm-7pm
- Guiseley Methodist Hall: Tuesday, 29 July – 3pm-7pm
- Garforth Welfare Hall: Thursday, 31 July – 3pm-7pm
- Armley Library/Hub: Monday, 4 Aug – 11am–3pm
- The Compton Centre, Harehills: Tuesday, 5th Aug – 11am-3pm
- Bramley Community Centre: Thursday, 7 Aug – 3pm-7pm
- Moor Allerton Community Hub: Tuesday, 12 Aug – 11am–3pm
- Headingley Community Hub & Library: Monday, 11 Aug – 11am–3pm
- Holbeck Together, St Matthews Community Centre, Holbeck: Thursday, 14 Aug – 10am-2pm.
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A proposal for well over a 1,000 new homes in Horsforth !!!
We are already over populated. A month’s wait to see a Doctor, similar re a dentist- unless paying privately. Schools bursting at the seams and traffic jams. And will someone please consider our precious wildlife which has virtually been decimated over the last 50 years.
We do not have the facilities in Calverley for more housing to increase the population in our community. The GP practice is struggling to annomodate the patients it already has. There’s no post office, the chemist struggles to service its customers. The fish & chip closed, Chinese takeaway closed. It’s a shadow of its former self.. The traffic is appalling, especially at rush hour.. The infrastructure needs looking at before building anything in this area is even considered.
If the chippy and the takeaway closed, is that because there weren’t enough people living in the community to make them viable businesses? Building more houses will bring more people to Calverley, which means more people to support local businesses like the chippy and the takeaway, and more people to work at the GP and chemist.
GREEN SPACE, Nature…..People, WELLBEING.
More people, means more traffic.
Greed. People selling land, builders and trades people rubbing their grubby hands with the prospect of profit.
Consider how many properties will devalue with the loss of greenery.
Calverley could just become another suburb with no green boundaries.
NO to more houses.
Refirb some of the mills which lay empty, they could make great living spaces.
Utilise bricks and mortar that already exist.
More people doesn’t necessarily mean more traffic – not if we get the tram lines built! That means we can get more people, more houses, more growth, reduce poverty, and reduce traffic.
From a building perspective, it would be great if we could refurb some of the mills, but unfortunately, a lot of them aren’t fit for living in because of how they were built 150-200 years ago. The amount of refurbishment required to make a 150-200 year old mill suitable to live in is more work, more expensive, and worse for the environment than building good new buildings.
I think this is great. It’s really exciting to see Leeds proactively looking for places and ways to solve the housing crisis. We need more homes of all kinds, and it’s good to see that the council are actively considering so many brownfield sites with potential, especially along Kirkstall Road where it’s a no-brainer to build the next tram line from the city centre to the airport.