Becketwell Development Plan

Plans for developing Becketwell area of city centre have been given the go ahead after the area being derelict for many years.

Councillors voted unanimously in favour of the major £200m Becketwell scheme, with developers St James Securities being given the green light for their proposals. With outline planning consented, the Leeds-based company will now start to work-up plans for the phase one 11-storey apartment building, with a detailed reserved matters planning application set to be submitted in late Spring.

The new plan sees the larger building reduced to approximately 224 apartments over a total of 11 storeys. The second smaller building fronting Green Lane and Victoria Street will be ground plus 4 storeys and will be developed separately.

A new multi-purpose public square on the site of the current United Reformed Church remains the centrepiece of the development and will be delivered as part of phase one.

The new home for the Central United Reformed Church, in Stuart House on Green Lane, is set to open in May.