Plans Panel News Today

Springfield House to be revamped and two new wings added

Plans have been submitted for a 42-storey student accommodation tower in the heart of Leeds.

Plans for a large scale housing development in Wetherby have proved controversial. Rebecca Marano takes a deeper look at designs for the site and at what residents have had to say.

CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new terminal at Leeds Bradford Airport have been approved subject to consultation with the Secretary of State. Leeds City Councils City Plans Panel gave its approval to the scheme at a meeting yesterday. This follows approval in principle last month for the £150 million scheme. After the decision Vincent Hodder, CEO of Leeds Bradford Airport, said: “We are delighted that our plans for a replacement terminal have been awarded planning consent by Leeds City Coun...

COUNCILLORS are calling for measures to protect local residents after a plans panel decision to allow expansion at Leeds Bradford airport. Otley and Yeadon councillors Sandy Lay and Ryk Downes have written to Leeds City Council’s Director of Planning asking for further measures. Cllr Lay said:"We understand that Leeds have given permission for a new terminal and night time flying but the panel asked officers to renegotiate some of the proposed planning conditions. We have therefore writ...

MORE than 200 staff and postgraduate researchers at the University of Leeds have asked a cabinet minister to call in the decision on Leeds Bradford Airport. The airport’s planning application was given conditional approval by Leeds City Council on February 11 but campaigners say there should be Government-intervention as it threatens the UKs legally adopted net-zero target. Impact on the climate needs to be assessed The signatories, including 46 professors and associate professors, sa...

AN anti-airport expansion campaign group is asking the Government to "call in" Leeds City Councils decision to provisionally approve a…