CityLife’s 30-storey Leeds tower halted
The 345-apartment block was to be the second phase of the Springwell Gardens development, and has been blocked by the council following the lack of a completed S106 agreement.
Approved in October 2023, the scheme at Cartwright House in Holbeck in the south of the city required 24 affordable homes and a contribution of £680,000 towards local infrastructure improvements.
Permission for the project has now been refused by Leeds City Council, despite extensions to the timeline.
CityLife has already completed a 16-storey building on the adjacent site, One Springwell Gardens.
Working with ID Planning and Nick Brown Architects, the developer had originally wanted to deliver a 46-storey tower of 600 apartments on the second phase of the project.
This was scaled down during the planning process, and was to mainly comprise one- and two-bedroom flats and a rooftop garden.
CityLife will be able to appeal the decision.
City Life should pay their Community Infrastructure Levy money, greedy southern Fat Cats.
Yorkshire isn’t yours to exploit.
Pay the communities you are taking land from.
By Cllr Tyler Callum Wilson-Kerr