Commercial Estates Group has won planning consent to redevelop a 56-acre site of a former forge in Leeds as 1,400 homes and 1m sq ft of shops and offices. This week, Leeds council granted planning consent for the £240m Kirkstall Forge scheme, which will replace 600,000 sq ft of former manufacturing buildings to the north-west of Leeds city centre. The scheme will incorporate 1,385 homes, 177,800 sq ft of offices and a riverside hotel, as well as support facilities including small shops, bars, cafés, restaurants, a crèche and social and community uses. Commercial Estates bought the site for £8m in March 2003 after its previous owner, manufacturer the Dana Corporation, closed the works and moved production to India and Spain.
Commercial Estates Group has won planning consent to redevelop a 56-acre site of a former forge in Leeds as 1,400 homes and 1m sq ft of shops and offices. This week, Leeds council granted planning consent for the £240m Kirkstall Forge scheme, which will replace 600,000 sq ft of former manufacturing buildings to the north-west of Leeds city centre. The scheme will incorporate 1,385 homes, 177,800 sq ft of offices and a riverside hotel, as well as support facilities including small shops, bars, cafés, restaurants, a crèche and social and community uses. Commercial Estates bought the site for £8m in March 2003 after its previous owner, manufacturer the Dana Corporation, closed the works and moved production to India and Spain.
