Plans for 485 homes approved for city site
THE SITE of a former iron and steel works in Leeds city centre is to be transformed into an apartment complex after planners approved the scheme.
The development, named Latitude Blue, will include around 485 homes and will occupy the second of two adjacent brownfield sites acquired by HUB and Bridges in 2021.
The first of HUB’s Leeds developments, Latitude Purple, started on site in autumn 2021, and will deliver 463 homes. Latitude Blue was forward funded by Canadian real estate investment company Realstar and is set for completion in 2024.
Together with the newly consented Latitude Blue scheme, this brings the total number of homes that HUB is delivering across both sites to around 950.
The development, previously the site of the Doncaster Monkbridge
Iron and Steelworks dating back to 1846, comprises two residential blocks of 25 and 30 storeys, as well as ground floor amenity space.
It is adjacent to Leeds’s largest new office development, Wellington Place on the western edge of the city centre, right next to The Yorkshire Post’s offices. Plans for the site involve extensive landscaping, designed to make the best of nearby features including the canal frontage and listed viaduct, which is currently being transformed into a new elevated landscaped public park.
Victoria Manston, Senior Development Manager at HUB, said: “We are thrilled that Leeds City Council has approved our plans for Latitude Blue, which are the result of close collaboration with the local community. We hope to start on site later this year.”