Site Allocations Plan
Background
The following information is to provide detail as to the proposed location of 66,000 new homes to be provided 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 with current planning permission for housing in addition to a range of new sites. The distribution of housing seeks to use the most sustainable sites, link new homes to where jobs are, make best use of infrastructure 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
Guiseley Rawdon Yeadon
City centre
City centre
East Leeds
Cross Gates and Whinmoor
Swarcliffe Cross Green Colton
Inner Area
Gipton and Harehills
Armley Beeston Hill Belle Isle Hyde Park and Woodhouse Hunslet Seacroft
North Leeds
Headingley
Horsforth Cookridge
Site Allocations Plan
Housing proposals January 2015 Media briefing
Kirkstall Adel Alwoodley Roundhay Chapel Allerton
Outer North East
Scarcroft
Wetherby Harewood Thorner Barwick in Elmet Boston Spa Bardsey Collingham Bramham
Outer North West
Bramhope
Pool-in-Wharefdale Otley
Outer South
Rothwell
Oulton Mickletown
Outer South East
Kippax
Garforth Allertion Bywater
Outer South West
Morley
Middleton Beeston Drighlington
Outer West
Pudsey
Farsley Calverley Rodley Bramley
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 Leeds and avoid loss of greenfield and green belt sites. The different land types are described as follows:
Brownfield
–
Sites previously used for development or housing, or properties which are currently empty which could be reused or regenerated
Greenfield
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Previously 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%